Schijndel () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

and former

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

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 ...

, in the province of North Brabant. Schijndel is located approximately southeast of

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

. Schijndel was founded on 6 December in the year 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijndel, together with

Veghel Veghel () is a town and a former municipality in the southern Netherlands. On 1 January 2017 Veghel, together with Schijndel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad creating the largest municipality of the provinc ...

and

Sint-Oedenrode Sint-Oedenrode () is a town in the province of North Brabant. Sint-Oedenrode is a moderately urbanized town in the Meierij of 's-Hertogenbosch. Sint-Oedenrode had an unknown population as of and has an area of . On 1 January 2017 Sint-Oedenrode ...

, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad creating the largest municipality of the province North-Brabant in terms of land area.

Population centres

*Schijndel * Wijbosch The municipality had a population of in . This figure has remained virtually unchanged since the 1990s.

Topography

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

Notable residents

* Gérard Buzen, Belgian general\minister of defense *

André Gevers André Gevers (born 19 August 1952) is a retired amateur Dutch track cyclist who was active between 1973 and 1982. He won the amateur road race at the 1975 UCI Road World Championships, as well as individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1975), ...

, cyclist *

Winy Maas Wilhelmus "Winy" Maas (born 1959 in Schijndel) is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. In 1993 together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV. Education He completed his studies at the RHSTL Bosko ...

, architect *

Wiljan Vloet Wiljan Vloet (born 10 September 1962) is a Dutch association football, football Manager (association football), manager, executive and former Football player, player. He serves as the sporting director of FC Den Bosch. Playing career As a footba ...

, football manager *

Rai Vloet Rai Vloet (born 8 May 1995) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg. Club career Vloet was born in Schijndel. He made his professional debut as Jong PSV player in the second ...

, football player and son of

Carli Hermès Carli Hermès (born 23 April 1963 in Schijndel) is a Dutch photographer and director. Carli Hermès studied photography at the Royal Academy of Art (The Hague) and The Arts Institute at Bournemouth in England. He became international known wi ...

, photographer and director *

Jack de Gier } Jack de Gier (; born 6 August 1968) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of FC Den Bosch. He was nicknamed ''Il Butre'' (The Vulture), after legendary Spain striker E ...

, football player *

Hein van de Geyn Hein van de Geyn (born 18 July 1956) is a jazz double bassist, composer and band leader from the Netherlands. Van de Geyn also teaches double bass and music. Early life Hein van de Geyn was born in Schijndel, Netherlands on 18 July 1956. He st ...

, jazz bassist *

Sissy van Alebeek Sissy van Alebeek (born 8 February 1976 in Schijndel, North Brabant) is a professional female cyclist from the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , ...

, cyclist *

Ronald Mutsaars Ronald Mutsaars (born 19 April 1979 in Schijndel) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2002 to 2005 with . He rode in the 2003 and 2004 Vuelta a España, as well as the 2005 Paris–Roubaix. His brother Guido and fathe ...

, cyclist * Manon van den Boogaard, football player * Said Ali Hussein, football player

Trivia

In the 2010 film New Kids Turbo, the city is hit by a huge bomb that was originally intended to destroy neighboring Maaskantje. Finally, in the sequel New Kids Nitro, a bitter fight rages between a group of young men and a woman from Schijndel and a group of young men from Maaskantje. This also brought Schijndel to the attention of New Kids fans, who had previously almost exclusively traveled to Maaskantje to visit locations from the series and the films.

References

Meierijstad Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2017 {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub