Cranendonck () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the southern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Though located in

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an

East Brabantian East Brabantian ( nl, Oost Noord-Brabants or Oost Brabants) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part o ...

dialect).

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cranendonck, June 2015''

Notable people

* Antonius Mathijsen (1805 in Budel – 1878) a Dutch army surgeon who first used

plaster of Paris Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English, "plaster" usually means a material used for the interiors of buildings, while "re ...

* Hans Teeuwen (born 1967 in Budel) a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker * Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model IMDb Database
retrieved 13 October 2019

Sport

* 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

File:Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk (21755059300).jpg, Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk File:Budel - Kerkstraat 10 5 O.L. Vrouw Visitatie kerk (1).JPG, Budel - Kerkstraat, Vrouw Visitatie kerk File:Maarheeze - Kerkstraat 9 - Woonhuis.JPG, Maarheeze - Kerkstraat - Woonhuis File:Zinkfabriek Budel.jpg, Zinkfabriek Budel

References

External links

*
Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub