Halderberge () 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 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 ...

Population centres

Oudenbosch Oudenbosch () is a town in the municipality of Halderberge in the west of the Dutch province of North Brabant. Oudenbosch is well known for its 'Basiliek', a Catholic church that is a smaller copy of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. History The vi ...

(population: 13,110) *

Hoeven Hoeven is a village in the municipality of Halderberge in the Netherlands. The name Hoeven originated from the purchase of a certain amount of ground in 1282 by the abbey of Cistercians of St. Bernard. This amount was equal to 100 "hoeven", a lo ...

(6,560) *

Oud Gastel Oud Gastel is a village situated in the municipality of Halderberge, in the north-west of the North Brabant province in the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1278 as Gestele, and means "guest house". Oud (old) has been added to di ...

(6,360) *

Bosschenhoofd Bosschenhoofd is a village in the municipality of Halderberge in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. The village is also known as Seppe, a name used by the nearby Seppe Airport. Seppe was derived from Jacobus Sep who ran an inn. Befo ...

(2,180) *

Stampersgat Stampersgat is a village situated in the municipality of Halderberge, in the north-west of the North Brabant province in the Netherlands. The village was first mentioned in 1639 as Stoutersgat, and means "mouth of the creek of the family Stamper" ...

(1,330)

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Halderberge, June 2015''

Transportation

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Halderberge is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with:

Notable people

Jac. van Ginneken Jacobus Joannes Antonius (Jac.) van Ginneken Society of Jesus, S.J. (21 April 1877, Oudenbosch - 22 October 1945, Nijmegen) was a Dutch linguist, priest and Jesuit, professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen since its start in 1923. He taug ...

(1877 in Oudenbosch - 1945) a Dutch linguist, Jesuit priest and academic *

Marinus Jan Granpré Molière Marinus Jan Granpré Molière ( Oudenbosch, 13 October 1883 – Wassenaar, 13 February 1972) was a Dutch architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Granpré Molière was a professo ...

(1883 in Oudenbosch — 1972) a Dutch architect *

Gabriel Nuchelmans Gabriel Nuchelmans (15 May 1922, Oud Gastel – 6 August 1996, Wassenaar) was a Dutch philosopher, focusing on the history of philosophy, especially philosophy of the Middle Ages, as well as logic and philosophy of language. Biography After comple ...

(1922 in Oud Gastel – 1996) a Dutch philosopher, focused on the philosophy of the Middle Ages *

Cretien van Campen Cretien van Campen (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch author, editor and scientific researcher in social science and fine arts. He is the founder of Synesthetics Netherlands and is affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Social Research , S ...

(born 1963 in Oudenbosch) a Dutch author, editor and scientific researcher in social science and fine arts

Sport

Janus van Merrienboer Adrianus "Janus" van Merrienboer (8 October 1894 – 12 October 1947) was an archer from the Netherlands. He was born and died in Oud en Nieuw Gastel, North Brabant. He represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antw ...

(1894 in Oud en Nieuw Gastel – 1947) an archer, competed at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

* Ad Tak (born 1953 in Nieuwe Gastel) a retired cyclist, competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

Digna Ketelaar Digna Ketelaar (born 13 August 1967) is a former Dutch tennis player. She won one ITF doubles title during her career and on 2 March 1987 reached a singles ranking high of world number 258. On 21 December 1986, Ketelaar reached a doubles ranking ...

(born 1967 in Bosschenhoofd) a former Dutch tennis player

Gallery

File:Markt Oudenbosch P1070186.JPG, Markt, Oudenbosch File:Oud Gastel P1070241.JPG, Oud Gastel File:Hoeven Sint Maartenspolder 1245.JPG, Hoeven, Sint Maartenspolder File:Stampersgat P1070260.JPG, Stampersgat

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1997 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub