Sint-Michielsgestel () 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 southern part of the

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 ...

. It is named for the village of Sint-Michielsgestel located within its boundaries.

Population centres

* Berlicum *

Den Dungen Den Dungen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel next to the village Maaskantje. History The village was first mentioned in 1300 as "Super Donghen prope Buscum", and means ...

* * Sint-Michielsgestel Smaller townships, also part of Sint-Michielsgestel, are: Besselaar, Doornhoek,

Haanwijk Haanwijk is an Estate (land), estate and nature reserve with a manor house near Sint-Michielsgestel in North-Brabant, Netherlands. Nature Reserve The Haanwijk nature reserve that is now owned by Brabants Landschap measures 431 hectares. It i ...

, Hal, Halder, De Bus, De Hogert, De Loofaart, Heikantse Hoeve, Hersend, Hezelaar, Hoek, Kerkeind,

Laar Laar () is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony. The community’s name comes from the Old Dutch for “glade in the woods”. Geography Location Laar lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. It belong ...

Maaskantje Maaskantje () is a village in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. The village is part of the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel, southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. History The village was first mentioned in 1750 as "nabij het Maaskantje te G ...

, , Nijvelaar, Plein, , Ruimel, Tielse Hoeve, Wielsche Hoeven, and Woud.

Contemporary Sint-Michielsgestel

The municipality consists of a number of villages and rural areas just south and south east of 's-Hertogenbosch. Most inhabitants are commuters preferring to live in these quite villages, while working elsewhere. There is little industrial activity in the villages, but the agricultural sector is certainly important. Sint-Michielsgestel and Gemonde are in the drainage basin of the river Dommel. Den Dungen, Berlicum and Middelrode are in that of the Aa (Meuse) and the Zuid-Willemsvaart. It makes that there are very few roads connecting these two groups of settlements.

History

The current municipality Sint-Michielsgestel was created in 1996. That year the municipalities of Sint-Michielsgestel,

(est. 1810) and Berlicum (est. 1238) were merged. The entire village of Gemonde, which had previously been part of Boxtel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Sint-Oedenrode and Schijndel, was added to the new municipality.

Local government

The municipal council of Sint-Michielsgestel consists of 21 seats, which are divided as follows after the municipal elections of March 16 2012: * Local Political Alliance (Plaatselijke Politieke Alliantie) - 7 seats * CDA - 4 seats * Dorpsgoed - 3 seats * GroenLinks/ PvdA - 2 seats * De Gestelse Coalitie - 2 seats * VVD - 2 seats * D66 - 1 seat At the moment, the municipal board ( college van burgemeester en wethouders) is formed by the Local Political Alliance, CDA and GroenLinks/PvdA.

Notable people

* Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) a Dutch politician and agronomist *

Cas Wouters Casparus Adrianus Petrus Maria "Cas" Wouters (born 1943 in Sint-Michielsgestel) is a Dutch sociologist. He studied sociology in Amsterdam. At present he is a researcher at Utrecht University, affiliated with the Amsterdam School for Social Scie ...

(born 1943) a Dutch sociologist who embraces figurational sociology * Anneke van Giersbergen (born 1973) a Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist; IMDb Database
retrieved 30 March 2020 formerly of The Gathering

Sport

Jan van Grinsven Jan van Grinsven (born 27 February 1960 in Den Dungen, North Brabant) is a Dutch former association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper, who played for FC Den Bosch (1981–1992 and 1995–1999) and MVV Maastricht (1 ...

(born 1960 in Den Dungen) a former football goalkeeper with 484 club caps *

Ronald Jansen Franciscus Ronaldus ("Ronald") Maria Jansen (born 30 December 1963 in Sint-Michielsgestel) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who twice won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics. He played a total number of 183 internation ...

(born 1963) a former field hockey goalkeeper, gold medallist in the

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Kees Akerboom Jr. Kees Akerboom Jr. (born 20 December 1983) is a retired Dutch basketball player. Kees is the son of Kees Akerboom Sr., a former successful professional basketball player as well. During the majority of his career, Akerboom played with Den Bosch Ba ...

(born 1983) a retired Dutch basketball player * Tom van Weert (born 1990) a footballer with 230 club caps, currently playing at Volos, Greece

Gallery

File:Sint-Michielsgestel, de Toren RM33633 IMG 8638 2021-03-29 14.06.jpg, Sint-Michielsgestel, the Tower File:Sint-Michielsgestel, de Genenberg RM33626 IMG 8629 2021-03-29 13.49.jpg, Sint-Michielsgestel, windmill: the Genenberg Image:Sint Michielsgestel, de Dommel 2010-04-10 17.07.JPG, The Dommel near Sint Michielsgestel File:Dommel-bij-Gemonde.JPG, Dommel near Gemonde Image:Berlicum, kerk foto3 2010-04-10 16.05.JPG, Berlicum, church File:Berlicum, moderne kunst op verkeersplein foto3 2010-04-10 16.12.JPG, Berlicum, modern art on the street Image:Den Dungen, kerk foto5 2010-04-10 16.31.JPG, Den Dungen, church

References

External links

* * {{Authority control Municipalities of North Brabant Populated places in North Brabant