Rucphen () 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 ...

and a town 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 ...

between

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, 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, ...

and

Etten-Leur Etten-Leur () is a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its name is a combination of the two villages from which the municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur. History The villages were always part of one municipality, originally ...

, south of the railway, but without a train-station.

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015''

Notable people

* Hendrik Detmers (1761 in Sprundel – 1825) a Dutch general in the

Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium). A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armie ...

Dick Jaspers Dingeman Jacobus Johannes "Dick" Jaspers (pronounced yas-pers) (born 23 July 1965) is a Dutch professional carom billiards player who specializes in the three-cushion event. Early life Jaspers started playing billiards when he was three years ...

(born 1965 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional

carom billiards Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards, is the overarching title of a family of cue sports generally played on cloth-covered, billiard tables. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score or "counts" by ' one's o ...

player *

John Kerstens Johannes Wilhelmus Maria "John" Kerstens (born 20 January 1965) is a Dutch politician and former trade union leader. As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) he was an MP between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017. Kerstens was ...

(born 1965 in Zegge) a Dutch politician and former trade union leader *

Donny Gorter Donny Gorter (born 15 June 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left back for amateur side RKSV Halsteren. He formerly played for NAC Breda, AZ, AaB, Viborg FF and ADO Den Haag. He is the son of former footballer Edwin ...

(born 1988) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps *

Tessa ter Sluis Tessa ter Sluis (born 16 January 1995 in Sint Willebrord) is a Dutch professional squash player. As of March 2022, she is ranked number 62 in the world. , her highest ranking is number 56. She has been in the Netherlands women's national squash t ...

(born 1995 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional squash player

Gallery

File:Gemeentehuis P1060904.JPG, Oude Raadhuis van Rucphen File:Heilig Hartbeeld P1060914.JPG, Heilig Hartbeeld aan de zijkant van de Martinuskerk in Rucphen File:Rucphense Heide P1290477.jpg, Rucphense Heide File:Dorpsstraat P1060938.JPG, Dorpsstraat in Sint Willebrord

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