Reusel-De Mierden

Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

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Coat of arms

Location in North Brabant

Coordinates: 51°22′N 5°10′E / 51.367°N 5.167°E / 51.367; 5.167CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantEstablished1 January 1997^[1]Government

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• BodyMunicipal council • MayorJetty Eugster-van Bergeijk (acting) (CDA)Area

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• Total78.66 km² (30.37 sq mi) • Land77.88 km² (30.07 sq mi) • Water0.78 km² (0.30 sq mi)Elevation

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32 m (105 ft)Population

(January 2021)^[5]

• Total13,127 • Density169/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

5094–5096, 5540–5541

Area code013, 0497Websitewww.reuseldemierden.nl

Reusel-De Mierden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrøːzəl də ˈmiːrdə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the North Brabant province, and has an area of 78.66 km² (30.37 sq mi). It had a population of 13,127 in 2021.

Population centres

Hooge Mierde
Hulsel
Lage Mierde
Reusel

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Reusel-De Mierden, June 2015

Genealogy

Reusel-De Mierden erroneously appears in more than a million family trees as a place of origin or residence. This is due to a software error that changed "Holland" to "Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands."^[6]

Notable people

Steven Mierdman (ca.1510 in Hooge Mierde – 1559) a Dutch printer of Reformation books
Harry van Gestel (born 1953 in Reusel) a Dutch artist and painter
Geert van der Weijst (born 1990 in Reusel) a former Dutch cyclist

Gallery

Town hall of Reusel, De Mierden
Lage Mierde De Mispelbocht
Reusel-Beukenlaan
near Moergestel, brook: de Reusel

References

^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "College van B&W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Reusel-De Mierden. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 5541KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Was your ancestor born in Reusel-De Mierden? Guess again!". Dutch Genealogy. Retrieved 17 March 2017.