Rijsbergen a town in the municipality of Zundert in the southern Netherlands.

Rijsbergen
St Bavo Church
St Bavo Church
Rijsbergen is located in North Brabant
Rijsbergen
Rijsbergen
Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Rijsbergen is located in Netherlands
Rijsbergen
Rijsbergen
Rijsbergen (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°31′1″N 4°41′46″E / 51.51694°N 4.69611°E / 51.51694; 4.69611
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
MunicipalityZundert
Area
 • Total35.36 km2 (13.65 sq mi)
Elevation8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total6,655
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4891[1]
Dialing code076

In the town used to be an AC (Aanmeldcentrum, i.e. Asylum Request Center).

Until 1997 Rijsbergen was an independent municipality, after which it was added to Zundert.

The skyline of Rijsbergen is dominated by the neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church of Saint Bavo, which was built in 1918 as a replacement of a smaller fourteenth-century church. The church is situated in the town centre and is flanked by the former town hall, which has been transformed into a museum. Furthermore, in the outskirts of Rijsbergen a successful Garden Centre can be found named: "De Bosrand". A deeply loved place by the locals.

The countryside around Rijsbergen is dotted with eleven shrines devoted to the Virgin Mary. They were built after the Second World War as a thanksgiving for surviving the war relatively undamaged.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 4891AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 19 April 2022.