Soerendonk, Sterksel en Gastel 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 we ...

. It consisted of two parts, one containing the village Soerendonk and

Gastel Gastel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck. In 2020, the village had 744 inhabitants. History The village was first mentioned in 1307 as Gherardus de Gastele, and means guesthou ...

and one containing Sterksel. The two parts were separated by the municipalities of

Maarheeze Maarheeze is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, about 15 km southeast of Eindhoven, near the Belgian and the German borders. History The village was first mentioned in 1223 ...

and

Leende Leende is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, approximately 12 km southeast of Eindhoven. History The village was first mentioned in 1253 as Lieende. The etymology is unclear ...

. The municipality was created in 1821, in a merger of the municipalities of Soerendonk en Sterksel and

, and existed until 1925, when it merged with

References

Former municipalities of North Brabant Cranendonck Heeze-Leende {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub