Meierijstad () is a municipality in the 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 t ...

. The municipality is the result of a merger between the municipalities Schijndel, Sint-Oedenrode and

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 provi ...

in 2017. After the merger it became the largest municipality in terms of land area of North Brabant (surpassed by Altena in 2019). The town of

hosts the town hall, while the municipal council holds its meetings at the former town hall of Sint-Oedenrode.

Population centres

Topography

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Meierijstad, 2020''

Notable people

* Hendrik Herp (died 1477) a Dutch or Flemish Franciscan and a writer on mysticism * Pieter de Josselin de Jong (1861 in Sint-Oedenrode – 1906) a Dutch painter from North Brabant *

Lou Tellegen Lou Tellegen (born Isidor Louis Bernard Edmon van Dommelen;"Lou Tellegen, Idol of Stage and Silent Screen, Stabs Himself Seven Times." Spartanburg (SC) Herald, October 30, 1934, pp. 1-2. November 26, 1881 or 1883 – October 29, 1934) was a ...

(born 1881 in Sint-Oedenrode – 1934) a Dutch stage and film actor, film director and screenwriter IMDb Database
retrieved 28 February 2020 * Ton Smits (1921 in Vegheland - 1981) a Dutch cartoonist and comic artist *

Els Coppens-van de Rijt Johanna Elisabeth "Els" Coppens-van de Rijt (born August 18, 1943) is an artist and author from Vlierden, Netherlands. Coppens-van de Rijt was born in Sint-Oedenrode, as one of twins to a Roman Catholic family with 11 children. She studied at ...

(born 1943 in Sint-Oedenrode) an artist and author from

Vlierden Vlierden is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Deurne (Netherlands), Deurne, about 20 km east of Eindhoven. History The village was first mentioned in 721 as Fleodrodu(m), an ...

* Anton Berns (born 1945 in Schijndel) a Dutch scientist researching molecular genetics * Hein Van de Geyn (born 1956 in Schijndel) a jazz double bassist, composer and band leader *

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 Boskoo ...

(born 1959 in Schijndel) a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist *

Nikki Kerkhof Nikki Gouman (also known as Nikki Nola; born 21 December 1983) is a Dutch singer and the winner of the fourth series of Idols, the Dutch variant on Pop Idol. On the first of March 2008 she won the singing contest with 62% of all the votes from ...

(born 1983 in Sint-Oedenrode) a Dutch pop singer * Sophie Bongers (born 1998) stage name '' Sophie Francis'', a Dutch record producer, DJ and musician, brought up in Sint-Oedenrode

Sport

* Wiljan Vloet (born 1962 in Schijndel) a Dutch football manager *

Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch (born 28 November 1964) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Monique competed at the Paralympics in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. In 2017, she was inducted into the International ...

(born 1964 in Sint-Oedenrode) a Dutch wheelchair tennis player *

Eric Verhagen Eric Verhagen (born 21 February 1964) is a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and double World Champion. He has also won the Dutch national sidecarcross championship four times, in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1992. All his successes were achieved with ...

(born 1964 in Schijndel) a retired Dutch sidecarcross passenger and double World Champion. * Rein van Duijnhoven (born 1967 in Veghel) is a former football goalkeeper with over 500 club caps *

Anky van Grunsven Theodora Elisabeth Gerarda "Anky" van Grunsven (born 2 January 1968) is a Dutch dressage champion who is the only rider to record three successive Olympic wins in the same event. Along with he ...

(born 1968 in Erp) a Dutch dressage champion with nine Olympic medals from seven successive games * Jack de Gier (born 1968 in Schijndel) a Dutch former footballer with over 400 club caps and current manager of

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's ho ...

* Earnie Stewart (born 1969 in Veghel) an American retired soccer player with 474 club caps and the sporting director of

U.S. Soccer The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is ...

Stefan Jansen Stefan Jansen (born 4 July 1972) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward He started his professional career in the 1990-1991 season for Roda JC. Later on he played f ...

(born 1972 in Veghel) a former football striker with over 330 club caps *

Dillianne van den Boogaard Dillianne van den Boogaard (born 9 August 1974) was a Dutch field hockey defender, who played 174 international matches, representing the Netherlands, in which she has scored 68 goals. She was born in Veghel Veghel () is a town and a former ...

(born 1974 in Veghel) a former Dutch field hockey defender, twice team bronze medallist in the

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

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 ...

* Theo Lucius (born 1976 in Veghel) is a Dutch former footballer with 402 club caps * Marloes Keetels (born 1993 in Schijndel) a Dutch field hockey player, team silver medallist at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of North Brabant Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2017