Haaren () is a town and former

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

in the southern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 former municipality of Haaren ceased to exist on 1 January 2021. It was divided among four municipalities:

Boxtel Boxtel () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) deer, buck.2019. Etymolog ...

Oisterwijk Oisterwijk () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands. Population centres *Haaren, North Brabant, Haaren *Heukelom, North Brabant, Heukelom *Moergestel *Oisterwijk Topography ''Dutch top ...

Tilburg Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 22 ...

, and

Vught Vught () is a municipality and a town in the Province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands, and lies just south of the industrial and administrative centre of 's-Hertogenbosch. Many commuters live there, and in 2004 the town was named "Best ...

. The former municipality of Haaren contained three other villages: Helvoirt, Esch, and Biezenmortel. An unusual thing about the municipality was that it belonged to two regions,

and

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...

. The village belongs to the region of Tilburg. The eastern part of national park the Loonse en Drunense Duinen was part of the municipality. Haaren is known as 'The Garden of Brabant' because of the many plantations of trees, plants etc.

Population centres

* Biezenmortel (1,498) added to Tilburg * Esch (2,225) added to Boxtel * Haaren (5,584) added to Oisterwijk * Helvoirt (4,741) added to Vught (Population in 2003)

Topography

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

Gallery

File:Kasteel Nemerlaer DSCF5813.jpg, Nemerlaer castle File:Eikenhorst-Esch (16).JPG, Farm in Haaren File:Gerra-Haaren.JPG, Huize Gerra File:T.T RK Kerk Haaren (4).JPG, St Lambertus Church

References

External links

* Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2021 Oisterwijk {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub