Ven is a hamlet in the Dutch province of

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic 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 ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Heeze-Leende Heeze-Leende () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven, North Brabant. It is known for Heeze Castle (''Kasteel Heeze''). The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within ...

, halfway between the towns of

Heeze Heeze is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, about 9 km southeast of Eindhoven. The Heeze Castle is located east of the town. Further east and to the north lies the Strabrechtse ...

and Leende.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. Ven is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under

. Ven has no place name signs. It was home to 174 people in 1840. Nowadays, it consists of about 40 houses. It was first mentioned between 1838 and 1857 as "de Ven", and means

peat Peat is an accumulation of partially Decomposition, decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, Moorland, moors, or muskegs. ''Sphagnum'' moss, also called peat moss, is one of the most ...

excavation area.

References

Populated places in North Brabant Heeze-Leende {{NorthBrabant-geo-stub