It is a part of the municipality of Zaltbommel, and lies about 11 km northwest of 's-Hertogenbosch.

[4] The statistical area "Kerkwijk", which also can include the peripheral parts of the village, as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 696 in 2022.

[3] It was first mentioned in the first quarter of the 13th century as Kirkevuihc, and means "church village".

[5] Kerkwijk has a church that dates back to the 11th century, consisting of a Romanesque nave, a late-Romanesque tower and a Gothic tower from the fifteenth century.

The church has wooden vaults with paintings from the fifteenth century.