Maashorst 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 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 ...

, the

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, formed from the merger of

Landerd Landerd () is a former municipality within the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst. History Landerd is the result of a merger between the formerly independent mu ...

and

Uden Uden () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Maashorst. History Uden was first recorded around 1190 as "Uthen". However, earlier settlements h ...

. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. The name Maashorst refers to the nature reserve of the same name, which lies between the various village centres.Gemeenten Landerd en Uden worden samen gemeente Maashorst
Omroep Brabant, 1 maart 2019 The eastern part belongs to the region of

De Peel De Peel is a region in the southeast of the Netherlands that straddles the border between the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg. The region is best known for the extraction of peat for fuel, which had been going on since the Middle Ages ...

Geography

As of 2022, the areas encompassed by the municipality have a population of approximately 57 thousand people. The municipality is bordered by

Bernheze Bernheze () is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It was formed as a rename of Heesch in 1995. The municipalities of Heeswijk-Dinther and Nistelrode had merged into Heesch in 1994. Etymology The municipa ...

to the west, Meierijstad to the southwest,

Boekel Boekel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. Etymology Previously it was assumed the name Boekel referred to the forest ("loo" in Dutch) of the lords Boc, similar to places like Boxmeer and Boxtel. The lords Boc were ...

to the south,

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 ...

to the east and Oss to the north. It consists of 6 main population centres.

History

In 2015, the municipalities of Uden, Landerd and Bernheze indicated that they wanted to merge into a new municipality. At the end of 2015, a referendum was held in Landerd about the future of the municipality, in which a majority of the votes cast went to the option to merge with the municipality of Uden. On 8 November 2018, the municipal councils of Landerd and Uden took a decision in principle to achieve a merger. The municipality of Bernheze withdrew in 2016. On 16 April 2020, both municipal councils approved the advice for the merger. The provincial government of North Brabant approved the merger proposal on 13 May 2020. After advice had been received from the

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, a merger bill was submitted to the

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on 4 November 2020. On 25 February 2021, the House of Representatives adopted the bill. The

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passed the proposal on 13 July 2021 after a vote by sitting and standing.35.619 Samenvoeging van de gemeenten Landerd en Uden
/ref> The required municipal elections in Landerd and Uden were held on 24 November 2021. The new municipality of Maashorst will not participate in the regular municipal elections in 2022.

Topography

Politics

The first elections for the municipality were held on 24 November 2021.

Gallery

File:Schaijk Rijksmonument 519149 pastorie Pastoor v.Winkelstraat 1.JPG, Clergy house in Schaijk File:Zeeland Rijksmonument 40317 voorm. school Kerkstraat 55.JPG, Church in Zeeland File:T.T vm Boerderij Bezoekerscentrum Slabroek.JPG, Visitor's centre Slabroek File:Vlakte - panoramio.jpg, Nature near Maashorts

References

{{coord missing, Netherlands Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2022