Beers (

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municipality of

Cuijk Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...

. It is located about 4 km west of Cuijk. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the regio ...

. Beers has a population of about 1721: 1305 in the village itself, and 416 in the surrounding countryside, including the hamlets De Plaats and Dommelsvoort. Statistical areas "Beers" and "Verspreide huizen Beers". Until 1994, Beers was a separate municipality.

Toponymy

The name ''Beers'' might come from ''bere'' or ''baren'', which can mean mud or stuff in Dutch.

History

Beers is first noted in a document that was written between 1050 and 1200. In it beers was named ''Berse''. The family ''Van Beerse'' was a vassal from the Lord of Cuijk, making Beers belong to the municipality of

. This vassal however, did own a small castle surrounded by a moat, named ''De Broekhof''. Around 1814, at the end of the French age and at the beginning of the

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, Beers became a separate municipality. In 1942, Great-Linden and

Gassel Gassel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Grave. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk. History Gassel was mentioned first in 1485 as Gassel, and mean ...

joined Beers. In 1994 the municipality of Beers was repealed. Gassel joined the municipality of

Grave, North Brabant Grave (; formerly ''De Graaf'') is a city and former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The former municipality had a population of in . Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities. The former municipality ...

, while Beers and Great-Linden (today

Linden, North Brabant Linden is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Cuijk, about 10 km south of Nijmegen. History The village was first mentioned in 1308 as "Kerklienden en Linen". It used to be called " ...

) joined Cuijk.

Gallery

Image:Beers, l'ancienne mairie.JPG, The former municipal hall of Beers. Image:Beers, statue et église.JPG, Beers, church and statue of child dressed up as elderly woman File:Beers (N-Br) Bandstand.JPG, Bandstand File:Beers (church) - panoramio.jpg, View on Beers

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994 Former municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant Geography of Land van Cuijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub