Toom is a hamlet in the
Dutch province of
North Brabant
North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called 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 th ...
. It is located in the municipality of
Cranendonck,
[''VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland'' (13th edition), VUGA, 1997.] about 1 km west of
Budel, and a few hundred metres from the
Belgian border.
[''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.]
In the middle of the 19th century, the hamlet had a population of 140.
Currently, together with neighbouring
Berg, the hamlet has 355 inhabitants.
It was first mentioned in 1225 as "tegen die toym", and means burial hill. Toom has no place name signs, and consists of about 70 houses.
References
Populated places in North Brabant
Cranendonck
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