Wanroij is a village 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 is located in the former municipality of

Sint Anthonis Sint Anthonis () is a village and former municipality in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as ''Sint Tunnis''. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The former municipality had a populati ...

, about 9 km west of the town of

Boxmeer Boxmeer () is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum. Boxmeer, ...

. Wanroij was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Sint Anthonis. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of

Land van Cuijk Land van Cuijk is a municipality in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands, formed from the merger of Boxmeer, Cuijk, Sint Anthonis, Mill en Sint Hubert and Grave. The municipality came into existence on 1 January 2022. It belongs to the regi ...

History

The name Wanroij was found first in 1265. A person called ''Bertradis van Wanrode'' signed, together with son Johan, a certificate. From the French period on Wanroij was an individual municipality. In 1942 it was expanded with the villages

Rijkevoort Rijkevoort is a church village with more than 1600 inhabitants. Until 1942, Rijkevoort together with Beugen formed the municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort. This municipality was then split and Rijkevoort joined the municipality of Wanroij. Since ...

and . In 1994 the area became part of a larger municipality, the municipality of

then became part of the municipality of

. The church in Wanroij was named after the Pope Cornelius. Until 1994 Cornelius was represented in the flag of the municipality. For a long period of time Wanroij was very isolated. Around 1850 the infrastructure developed a lot. The first street lanterns were placed in 1922. The first road which was not just a path to other villages was made in 1922, going from Wanroij to

Haps Haps is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the former municipality of Cuijk, about south of the town of Cuijk. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk. History The village was firs ...

Gallery

File:Overzicht van een gevel van een opslagloods - Landhorst - 20389948 - RCE.jpg, Storage shed File:20100724-023 Wanroij - Sculptuur.jpg, Sculpture in the square File:T.T Pastorie te Wanroij.JPG, Clergy house

References

{{Authority control Populated places in North Brabant Former municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1994 Geography of Land van Cuijk