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Eindhoven
Frae tap doun, left tae right: Skyline o Eindhoven,
Licht Touer at the ceety centre, Evoluon conference centre,
St. Anthony Church, St. Catherine Kirk, Vesteda Touer,
Van Abbe Museum, Philips Stadium o PSV Eindhoven,
Heich Tech Campus Eindhoven
Banner o Eindhoven
Banner
Coat of airms o Eindhoven
Coat airms
Heichlichtit poseetion o Eindhoven in a municipal map o North Brabant
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°26′N 5°29′E / 51.433°N 5.483°E / 51.433; 5.483Coordinates: 51°26′N 5°29′E / 51.433°N 5.483°E / 51.433; 5.483
KintraNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
Govrenment
 • BodiMunicipal cooncil
 • MayorJohn Jorritsma (VVD)
Area
 • Municipality88.87 km2 (34.31 sq mi)
 • Laund87.72 km2 (33.87 sq mi)
 • Water1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Elevation17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (Municipality, Januar 2021; Urban an Metro, Mey 2014; Metro region an CMSA, August 2015)[4][5][6][7]
 • Municipality235,691
 • Density2687/km2 (6,960/sq mi)
 • Urban
337,487
 • Metro
419,045
 • Metro region
755313
 • CMSA
1944588
Demonym(s)Eindhovenaar
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5600–5658
Aurie code040
Websitewww.eindhoven.nl

Eindhoven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛintˌɦoːvə(n)] ( listen)) is a municipality an a ceety locatit in the province o North Brabant in the sooth o the Netherlands, oreeginally at the confluence o the Dommel and Gender streams. The Gender wis dammed aff short o the ceety centre in the 1950s, but the Dommel still runs through the ceety. The ceety coonts 213,809 inhabitants (1 Januar 2010), which makes it the fift-lairgest ceety o the Netherlands an the biggest o North-Brabant.

Neighbourin ceeties an touns include Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot an Best. The agglomeration haes some 440,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan aurie (which includes Helmond) haes nearly 750,000 inhabitants. An aa, Eindhoven is pairt o Brabant Stad, a combined metropolitan aurie wi mair nor 2 million inhabitants.

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns – sister ceeties

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Eindhoven is twinned wi:

References

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  1. "John Jorritsma" (in Dutch). Gemeente Eindhoven. Archived frae the original on 13 Januar 2017. Retrieved 11 Januar 2017.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 Julie 2013. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2014.
  3. "Postcodetool for 5611EM". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived frae the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 Januar 2021. Retrieved 2 Januar 2022.
  5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 Juin 2014. Retrieved 24 Julie 2014.
  6. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline; Metro region (in Dutch). CBS. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  7. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline; CMSA (in Dutch). CBS. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.