Heikant, Cranendonck
Hamlet in North Brabant, Netherlands
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Heikant is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck,[3] about 1.5 km southeast of Budel.[4]
Heikant | |
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Hamlet | |
  Heikant Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands  Heikant Heikant (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′39″N 5°35′0″E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Cranendonck |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 420 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6021[1] |
| Dialing code | 0495 |
Together with the hamlets of Meemortel and Bosch to the north, Heikant has a population of about 420.[1]
According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,[5] Heikant (or "De Heikant") consisted of 22 houses and had a population of 140 in the middle of the 19th century. Heikant has no place name signs and consists of about 80 houses and 125 industrial buildings.[6]
Heikant should not be confused with the former hamlet with the same name near Gastel, 4 km to the northwest, or with any of the other hamlets named Heikant in the Netherlands.
