Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern

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. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of

Vierlingsbeek Vierlingsbeek () is a village in the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it was a municipality of its own. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Lan ...

. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum. Boxmeer, Cuijk,

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, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the regio ...

on 1 January 2022.

Topography

Station Boxmeer in 2007, rijksmonument 10029

Population centres

The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was: * Beugen 1,860 * Boxmeer 12,550 *

Holthees Holthees is a village in the former municipality of Boxmeer on the border of the Dutch provinces North Brabant and Limburg. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk. History The name Holthees was mentioned for the ...

540 * Maashees 875 * Oeffelt 2,370 *

Overloon Overloon is a village with 3,626 inhabitants on the outskirts of the Peel region, in the former municipality of Boxmeer, North Brabant. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk. Located on the outskirts is the Nat ...

, including Heikant 3,985 *

Rijkevoort Rijkevoort is a church village with more than 1600 inhabitants. Until 1942, Rijkevoort together with Beugen formed the municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort. This municipality was then split and Rijkevoort joined the municipality of Wanroij. Sinc ...

1,665 * Sambeek 1,745 *

, including Groeningen 3,050 * Vortum-Mullem 705

Transport

* Boxmeer railway station

Notable people

* Dr

Anna Terruwe Dr. Anna A. A. Terruwe (August 19, 1911, Vierlingsbeek – April 28, 2004, Deurne) was a Catholic psychiatrist from the Netherlands. She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive-compulsive disorder could be healed: the "bevest ...

(1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder *

Joannes Gijsen Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen (October 7, 1932 – June 24, 2013) was a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. After being Bishop ( emeritus) of Roermond, Limburg, the Netherlands, he became Bishop ( emeritus) of the Diocese of Reykjav ...

(1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and

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* Emile Roemer (born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician * Hugo van der Velden (born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian *

Charles Deenen Charles Deenen (born 15 January 1970 in Holthees), is a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer, and mixer. He is also known for his music and sound efforts for games of the C64 and Amiga era. He was one of the ...

(born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer *

Dionne Stax Dionne Stax (born 22 April 1985) is a Dutch journalist and newsreader. Biography She attended the Elzendaal College and studied communication sciences, with her bachelor's degree at Tilburg University and master's degree at the University of Ams ...

(born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader

Sport

Sjaak Lucassen Sjaak Lucassen (born October 2, 1961) is a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider. Travels Between 1995 and 1998 he traveled on a Honda Fireblade and then between 2001 and 2006 he traveled around the world on a Yamaha YZF-R1, nicknamed Florentin ...

(born 1961 in Maashees) a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider * Niels Fleuren (born 1986 in Boxmeer) a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps *

Sander de Wijn Sander Sebastiaan Robert Jan de Wijn (; born 2 May 1990) is a Dutch field hockey player who plays as a defender for Kampong and the Dutch national team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament ...

(born 1990 in Boxmeer) a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the

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* Kika van Es (born 1991 in Boxmeer) a Dutch football defender

Gallery

File:Overzicht van de voorgevel - Boxmeer - 20384800 - RCE.jpg, Boxmeer, former townhall File:Boxmeer, de Sint-Petrusbasiliek IMG 8330 2021-02-22 11.17.jpg, Boxmeer, basilica: the Sint-Petrusbasiliek File:Diorama Invasion 1944 in Liberty Park, Overloon War Museum.jpg, Overloon War Museum File:Overloon - Dromedaris met tankkoepelbult van Marjolijn Mandersloot op de hoek van de Museumlaan en de Venraijseweg.jpg, Overloon, sculpture File:Vierlingsbeek, de Sint-Laurentiuskerk IMG 8299 2021-02-22 10.02.jpg, Vierlingsbeek, church: Sint Laurentiuskerk File:Oeffelt, molen de Vooruitgang RM481740 IMG 5600 2020-05-21 16.09.jpg, Oeffelt, windmill: molen de Vooruitgang

References

External links

* * Former municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022 Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub