Cranendonck
Appearance
Cranendonck | |
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Former city hall of Budel | |
![]() Location in North Brabant | |
Coordinates: 51°18′N 5°35′E / 51.300°N 5.583°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Brabant |
Established | 1 January 1997[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Roland van Kessel (VVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 78.05 km2 (30.14 sq mi) |
• Land | 76.40 km2 (29.50 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 21,001 |
• Density | 275/km2 (710/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 6020–6028 |
Area code | 0495 |
Website | www |
Cranendonck (pronounced [ˈkraːnə(n)dɔŋk] ) is a municipality in southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).
Population centres
[edit]- Budel
- Budel-Dorplein
- Budel-Schoot
- Gastel
- Heikant, Gastel
- Maarheeze
- Soerendonk
Topography
[edit]Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cranendonck, June 2015
Notable people
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Sylvia_Hoeks_2017_crop.jpg/125px-Sylvia_Hoeks_2017_crop.jpg)
- Antonius Mathijsen (1805 in Budel – 1878) a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of Paris
- Hans Teeuwen (born 1967 in Budel) a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker[5]
- Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model[6]
Sport
[edit]- Toine van Mierlo (born 1957 in Soerendonk) a retired Dutch footballer with 230 club caps
- Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan (born 1990 in Budel) a Dutch professional basketball player
- Yvon Beliën (born 1993 in Budel) is a Dutch volleyball player, helped the Netherlands reach their first Olympic semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk
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Budel - Kerkstraat, Vrouw Visitatie kerk
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Maarheeze - Kerkstraat - Woonhuis
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Zinkfabriek Budel
References
[edit]- ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6027RK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 13 October 2019
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 13 October 2019
External links
[edit]Media related to Cranendonck at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website