Roosendaal en Nispen was a municipality in the

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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 w ...

. It included the villages of

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Towns/villages of the municipality * Roosendaal (population: 66,760) * Wouw (4,920) * Heerle (1,900) * Nispen (1,440) * Wouwse P ...

and Nispen. In 1997, the municipality merged with Wouw. As the town of Roosendaal had become by far the largest in the new municipality, the name of the new municipality became simply "Roosendaal".

People from Roosendaal en Nispen

Engelbert II of Nassau Engelbert II of Nassau, ''Engelbrecht'' in Dutch (17 May 1451 – 31 May 1504), was count of Nassau and Vianden and lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy cou ...

(1451–1504), Lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. *

Jean Defraigne Jean Pierre Marie Olivier Germain Defraigne (; 19 April 1929 – 15 March 2016) was a Belgian liberal politician and minister for the Liberal Reformist Party (PRL). Career Defraigne graduated as a doctor in law at the Université de Liège a ...

(born 1929), Belgian politician * Ingrid van Lubek (born 1971), Dutch athlete * Q.S. Serafijn (born 1960), Dutch conceptual artist and author *

Stars Over Foy Stars Over Foy is a Dutch ambient music producer with Australian descent. 3 of his releases entered the ''World Chill Lounge Charts'' in April 2016. History Stars Over Foy was founded in 2015 to create relaxation, meditation and sleep music ...

, Dutch music producer

References

Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Former municipalities of North Brabant Roosendaal {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub