Dongen () 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 ...

and a village in the southern

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. In the past it was home to a profitable leather industry, to which a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections still testify. The town is formed near a small river called "Donge" (about ten feet across), the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts Automobile was built here in 1899.

Population centres

*Dongen (population: 22,270) *

's Gravenmoer s Gravenmoer is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Dongen, about 3 km north of the town of Dongen. The village has a population of about 2190 inhabitants, including the farmlands to the n ...

(2,220) * Vaart (500) * Klein-Dongen (220)

Topography

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

Politics

The

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural coun ...

consists of 21 chairs. You can find the composition of the council since 1998 below:

Notable residents

* Theodorus Marinus Roest (1832–1898) a numismatist and conservator of the

Teylers Museum Teylers Museum () is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science. The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval ...

* Laurens van Kuik (1889 in 's Gravenmoer – 1963) a teacher and then an

autodidact Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools). Generally, autodidacts are individu ...

painter. * Karel Willemen (born 1967) a Dutch designer, contributed to the fantasy-themed amusement park Efteling * Kelly van Zon (born 1987) a table tennis player *

Nadine Broersen Nadine Broersen (born 29 April 1990) is a Dutch track and field athlete, specializing in the heptathlon and high jump. She was the 2014 World Indoor pentathlon champion. Broersen competes for the track and field club AV Sprint in Breda. Earl ...

(born 1990) a Dutch track and field athlete in the heptathlon and high jump * Anne Haast (born 1993) chess player,

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

* Job van Uitert (born 1998), racing driver

Gallery

File:Dongen - Hoge Ham 124.jpg, Dongen - Hoge Ham File:517215 Kerkstraat 41.jpg, Dongen, Kerkstraat, Kunstpodium File:Donge P1130042.jpg, Donge File:'s Gravenmoer P1070374.JPG, Supermarkt in 's Gravenmoer

References

External links

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Official website
{{Authority control Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant