Bergeijk () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and town in the southern

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, in the 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 the we ...

. It consists of an area of and had a population of in . It is one of 21 municipalities, including

Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,East Brabantian East Brabantian ( nl, Oost Noord-Brabants or Oost Brabants) is one of the main divisions of the Brabantian dialect group recognized by the ''Woordenboek van de Brabantse dialecten''. East Brabantian dialects are mainly spoken in the eastern part of ...

dialect, which is very similar to colloquial

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).Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, Bergeijk is traditionally an

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

area, but

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and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village

Westerhoven Westerhoven is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergeijk, about 15 km southwest of Eindhoven. History Westerhoven lies in a valley between the rivers Keersop and Beekloop which flow just ...

. Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands for a program on national radio:

Radio Bergeijk Radio Bergeijk is a Dutch satirical radio programme of which ''Peer van Eersel'' and ''Toon Spoorenberg'' are the anchormen. They are played by the comedians George van Houts and Pieter Bouwman respectively. The first episode was broadcast on April ...

, a parody on local radio.

Population centres

Topography

''Topographic map of the municipality of Bergeijk, June 2015.''

Notable people

Henk van Gerven Henricus Petrus Johannes "Henk" van Gerven (born 11 March 1955 in Riethoven) is a Dutch politician and general practitioner. As a member of the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was an MP from 30 November 2006 to 23 March 2017. He fo ...

(born 1955 in Riethoven) a Dutch politician and general practitioner *

Wilbert Das Wilbert Das (born 2 December 1963) is a Dutch fashion designer. Biography Wilbert Das spent his formative years working on his parents dairy farm in the small village of Riethoven in the southern Netherlands. At age 19 he left Riethoven to stud ...

(born 1963) a Dutch fashion designer, grew up in Riethoven

Sport

Harm van Veldhoven Harm van Veldhoven (; born 28 September 1962 in Luyksgestel) is a Dutch-Belgian football manager who is currently unemployed after last managing Westerlo. Van Veldhoven started his career with local youth team De Raven. He was picked up by SK ...

(born 1962 in Luyksgestel) a Dutch-Belgian football manager *

Kees Koolen Kees Koolen (born 19 August 1965 in Bergeijk, North Brabant) is a Dutch rally raid racer and businessman. Koolen participated in various rally raid competitions in a variety of vehicles. Koolen also was the CEO of Booking.com. Currently he is th ...

(born 1965 in Bergeijk) a Dutch

rally raid Rally raid, also known as cross-country rallying, is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. The length of the event can be as short as 2–3 days for a cross-country baja to as long as 15 days with marathon ra ...

racer and businessman *

Tommie van der Leegte Tom van der Leegte (born 27 March 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He formerly played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven and VfL Wolfsburg. Career Van der Leegte made his debut as a 17-year-old for PSV. He was a member of the Dutch ...

(born 1977 in Bergeijk) a retired Dutch footballer with 334 club caps * Rudi van Houts (born 1984 in Luyksgestel) a Dutch road cyclist and mountain biker, competed in the

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and

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Harrie Lavreysen Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is two-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also kn ...

(born 1997 in Luyksgestel) double Olympic champion in track cycling at the

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Gallery

File:Bergeijk Glockenturm 2.jpg, Bergeijk, Glockenturm File:Luyksgestel, windkorenmolen De Deen RM26323 foto3 2012-09-16 16.20.jpg, Luyksgestel, windkorenmolen, De Deen File:Saint Valentine Chapel Westerhoven.jpg, Saint Valentine Chapel Westerhoven File:Broekhoven Riethoven Winter.jpg, Farmhouses in winter in Broekhoven, near Riethoven

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub