Cranendonck () 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 ...

in the southern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. Though located in

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 ...

near

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,West Limburgish Limburgish ( li, Limburgs or ; nl, Limburgs ; german: Limburgisch ; french: Limbourgeois ), also called Limburgan, Limburgian, or Limburgic, is a West Germanic language spoken in the Dutch and Belgian provinces of Limburg and in the neigh ...

dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an

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).

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cranendonck, June 2015''

Notable people

Antonius Mathijsen Antonius Mathijsen (November 4, 1805 – June 15, 1878) was a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of Paris to fixate broken bones in a plaster cast. Biography Early life and education Antonius Mathijsen was born November 4, 1805, to a vill ...

(1805 in Budel – 1878) a Dutch army surgeon who first used

plaster of Paris Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. In English, "plaster" usually means a material used for the interiors of buildings, while "re ...

Hans Teeuwen Hans Eduard Marie Teeuwen (born 3 March 1967) is a Dutch people, Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional Film director, filmmaker. His work has been described as Surreal humour, absurdist, apolitical and Off-color humor, confrontational. ...

(born 1967 in Budel) a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker *

Sylvia Hoeks Sylvia Hoeks (; born 1 June 1983) is a Dutch actress and former model, best known internationally for her roles in ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017) and ''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (2018). Early life and education Hoeks was raised in Maarheeze, ...

(born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model IMDb Database
retrieved 13 October 2019

Sport

Toine van Mierlo Antonius Wilhelmus Matthias Theodore van Mierlo (born 24 August 1957), known in England as Tony van Mierlo, is a former Netherlands international footballer who played primarily as a left winger but can also play as a forward. Van Mierlo was b ...

(born 1957 in Soerendonk) a retired Dutch footballer with 230 club caps * Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan (born 1990 in Budel) a Dutch professional basketball player * Yvon Beliën (born 1993 in Budel) is a Dutch volleyball player, helped the Netherlands reach their first Olympic semifinals at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Gallery

File:Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk (21755059300).jpg, Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk File:Budel - Kerkstraat 10 5 O.L. Vrouw Visitatie kerk (1).JPG, Budel - Kerkstraat, Vrouw Visitatie kerk File:Maarheeze - Kerkstraat 9 - Woonhuis.JPG, Maarheeze - Kerkstraat - Woonhuis File:Zinkfabriek Budel.jpg, Zinkfabriek Budel

References

External links

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Official website
Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub