Steensel

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands

51°23′N 5°21′E / 51.383°N 5.350°E / 51.383; 5.350Country

NetherlandsProvince

North BrabantMunicipality

EerselArea

^[1]

• Total6.13 km² (2.37 sq mi)Elevation

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25 m (82 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total1,475 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

5524^[1]

Dialing code0497

Steensel is a village on the Gender stream in the municipality of Eersel, North Brabant, the Netherlands. Steensel is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Beatitudes), along with Eersel, Knegsel, Duizel, Wintelre, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel.

The name Steensel appeared first in a document from 1224,^[3] in which a certain Henricus and Marcelis were mentioned as knights of Steensel. In 1688, Steensel was plundered and destroyed by French soldiers. In 1810, Steensel became part of the municipality of Duizel and Steensel. Steensel was home to 282 people in 1840. In 1922, this municipality then merged into the municipality of Eersel.^[4]

Gallery

Entrance to Steensel
Burial mound
Headwaters of the Gender stream near Steensel

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 5524AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Steensel - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Steensel". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.