Tongelre on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Tongelre is a borough of
Tongelre is a borough of Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,Stratum
In geology and related fields, a stratum ( : strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as ei ...
and Geldrop
Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, around 5 km east of Eindhoven city centre.
Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo.
Geldrop is noted ...
municipality. In the northwest the border with Woensel Woensel is a former town in the Dutch province of North Brabant, but nowadays a borough of Eindhoven.
An important rural village in North Brabant, Woensel is mentioned in a document from 1107; it was the seat of a deanage of the diocese of Liège. ...
borough is formed by the river "Dommel
The Dommel is a small river in Belgium and the Netherlands, left tributary of the Dieze. It is 120 km long, of which 85 km in the Netherlands. The Dommel takes in water from the Keersop, Tongelreep, Run, Gender and Kleine Dommel streams and merg ...
" and to the east by the river "Kleine Dommel" (little Dommel) towards Nuenen
Nuenen () is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, the town was a battle scene during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is ...
municipality.
Tongelre was a separate municipality until 1920, when it became part of the municipality of Eindhoven. Today it has nearly 20.000 inhabitants. It is the least urbanised part of Eindhoven.
References
External links
* Former municipalities of North Brabant Boroughs of Eindhoven {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub