Rucphen () 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 town in the southern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

between Roosendaal and

Etten-Leur Etten-Leur () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally arose: Etten and Leur. History The villages were always pa ...

, south of the railway, but without a train-station.

Population centres

Topography

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

Notable people

* Hendrik Detmers (1761 in Sprundel – 1825) a Dutch general in the

Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army (1804–1815), Frenc ...

* Dick Jaspers (born 1965 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional

carom billiards Carom billiards, also called French billiards and sometimes carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score ...

player * John Kerstens (born 1965 in Zegge) a Dutch politician and former trade union leader * Donny Gorter (born 1988) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps * Tessa ter Sluis (born 1995 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional squash player

Gallery

File:Gemeentehuis P1060904.JPG, Oude Raadhuis van Rucphen File:Heilig Hartbeeld P1060914.JPG, Heilig Hartbeeld aan de zijkant van de Martinuskerk in Rucphen File:Rucphense Heide P1290477.jpg, Rucphense Heide File:Dorpsstraat P1060938.JPG, Dorpsstraat in Sint Willebrord

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