Cranendonck () is a

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

in southern

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. Though located in

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 ...

near

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, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically 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).

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 Sylvia Hoeks (; born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch actress and former model, best known internationally for her roles in ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and '' The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (2018). Early life and education Hoeks was raised in Maarheez ...

(born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model IMDb Database
retrieved 13 October 2019

Sport

Toine van Mierlo Antonius Wilhelmus Matthias Theodore van Mierlo (born 24 August 1957), known in England as Tony van Mierlo, is a former Netherlands international footballer who played primarily as a left winger but can also play as a forward. Van Mierlo was ...

(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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

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