Bergeijk ( ; ) is a

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and town in southern

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, in the province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...

. It consists of an area of and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

, that make up the Eindhoven Region Cooperative (''Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven''). The spoken language is Kempenlands (an

East Brabantian East Brabantian ( or ) 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 of the province of North Brabant. Clas ...

dialect, which is very similar to colloquial

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).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, Bergeijk has traditionally been an

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area, but

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and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village Westerhoven. Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands as a Rietveld village, for its architecture by

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Gerrit Rietveld, and for a program on national radio:

Radio Bergeijk Radio Bergeijk is a Dutch satirical radio programme of which ''Peer van Eersel'' and ''Toon Spoorenberg'' are the anchormen. They are played by the comedians George van Houts and Pieter Bouwman respectively. The first episode was broadcast on April ...

, a parody on local radio.

Population centres

Topography

''Topographic map of the municipality of Bergeijk, June 2015.''

Notable people

Henk van Gerven Henricus Petrus Johannes "Henk" van Gerven (born 11 March 1955 in Riethoven) is a Dutch politician and general practitioner. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was an MP from 30 November 2006 to 23 March 2017. He foc ...

(born 1955 in Riethoven) a Dutch politician and general practitioner *

Wilbert Das Wilbert Das (born 2 December 1963) is a Dutch fashion designer. Biography Wilbert Das spent his formative years working on his parents dairy farm in the small village of Riethoven in the southern Netherlands. At age 19, he left Riethoven to stud ...

(born 1963) a Dutch fashion designer, grew up in Riethoven

Sport

* Harm van Veldhoven (born 1962 in Luyksgestel) a Dutch-Belgian football manager * Kees Koolen (born 1965 in Bergeijk) a Dutch

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racer and businessman *

Tommie van der Leegte Tommie van der Leegte (born 27 March 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. A former youth international, he represented clubs including PSV and VfL Wolfsburg. Club career Early life, family and ...

(born 1977 in Bergeijk) a retired Dutch footballer with 334 club caps *

Rudi van Houts Rudolphus Antonie Cornelis “Rudi” van Houts (born 16 January 1984 in Luyksgestel) is a Dutch former professional road cyclist and mountain biker. Van Houts finished 10th overall at the Giro del Capo in Cape Town in 2007, finishing 3:54 behi ...

(born 1984 in Luyksgestel) a Dutch road cyclist and mountain biker, competed in the

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and

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Harrie Lavreysen Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team spr ...

(born 1997 in Luyksgestel) five times Olympic champion in track cycling at the

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and the

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Gallery

File:Bergeijk Glockenturm 2.jpg, Bergeijk, clock tower File:Luyksgestel, windkorenmolen De Deen RM26323 foto3 2012-09-16 16.20.jpg, Luyksgestel, windkorenmolen, De Deen File:Saint Valentine Chapel Westerhoven.jpg, Saint Valentine Chapel Westerhoven File:Broekhoven Riethoven Winter.jpg, Farmhouses in winter in Broekhoven, near Riethoven

References

External links

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Official website
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