Milheeze
Village in North Brabant, Netherlands
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Milheeze (dialect: Milles) is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant and is part of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.
Milheeze | |
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Village | |
St Willibrordus Church | |
  Milheeze Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands  Milheeze Milheeze (Netherlands) | |
| Coordinates: 51°30′8″N 5°46′44″E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Gemert-Bakel |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.72 km2 (7.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 2,280 |
| • Density | 116/km2 (299/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 5763[1] |
| Dialing code | 0492 |
The village was first mentioned in 1332 as Milleis. The etymology is unclear.[3] Milheeze developed in the Late Middle Ages around a chapel. The chapel was replaced by the St Willibrordus Church in 1844-1845 which was built on the foundations of the chapel.[4]
Milheeze was home to 579 people in 1840.[5] The monastery Mariaoord was founded in Milheeze in 1935.[4] The village was part of the municipality Bakel en Milheeze until 1966 when it was merged into Gemert-Bakel.[5]
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Wind mill Laurentiamolen
School in Milheeze
