Gestel en Blaarthem is a former
municipality of the Netherlands
As of 24 March 2022, there are 344 municipalities ( nl, gemeenten) and three Caribbean Netherlands, special municipalities () in the Netherlands. The latter is the status of three of the six island territories that make up the Dutch Caribbean. ...
. The municipality was made up of the villages of
Gestel and
Blaarthem. On 1 Januari 1920 the municipality merged with the municipality of
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,[Stratum
In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ei ...]
,
Strijp
Strijp is a former town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant, now a borough of Eindhoven.
Strijp was a separate municipality until 1920, when it became part of Eindhoven. The Philips Stadion, home of association football, football t ...
,
Tongelre and
Woensel Woensel is a former town in the Dutch province of North Brabant, but nowadays a borough of Eindhoven.
An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in a document from 1107; it was the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. ...
.
Mayors of Gestel en Blaarthem
See also
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Gestel
External links
Map of Gestel en Blaarthem in 1867on atlas1868.nl
Coat of arm of Gestel en Blaarthem Hoge Raad van Adel
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Former municipalities of North Brabant
History of Eindhoven