Hilvarenbeek
Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands
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Hilvarenbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ɦɪlˌvaːrə(m)ˈbeːk] ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.
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Hilvarenbeek | |
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Former brewery now museum in Hilvarenbeek | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in North Brabant | |
| Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°8′E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Harrie Nuijten (acting) (PvdA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 96.51 km2 (37.26 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.85 km2 (36.62 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.66 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[3] | |
• Total | 15,698 |
| • Density | 166/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5080–5089 |
| Area code | 013 |
| Website | www |
The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.
In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.
Population centres
The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:
In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:
- Beerten
- Driehuizen
- Dun
- Gorp
- Groenstraat
- Groot Loo
- Grote Voort
- Hoog Spul
- Hoogeind
- Klein Loo
- Kleine Voort
- Laag Spul
- Rovert
- Slibbroek
- Westerwijk
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.
Notable people
- Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 in Gorp – 1573) physician, linguist, and humanist
- Martinus Becanus (1563 in Hilvarenbeek – 1624) a Jesuit priest, theologian and controversialist.[4]
- Jacques Thomassen (born 1945 in Diessen) organizational theorist and academic
- Henny Vrienten (born 1948 in Hilvarenbeek – 2022) pop artist (Doe Maar) and composer of TV and film scores [5]
- Annie Abrahams (born 1954 in Hilvarenbeek) performance artist in video installations and the internet
- Henk Baars (born 1960 in Diessen) cyclo-cross cyclist
- Ronald van Raak (born 1969 in Hilvarenbeek) politician, non-fiction writer and former academic
Gallery
Hilvarenbeek, St. Petrus-Bandenkerk
Zicht op de Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk (Hilvarenbeek)
Midden-Brabant
Rollercoaster at De Beekse Bergen (1986)
Statue in Esbeek
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