Boxmeer

Boxmeer
Municipality
Boxmeer city hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°39′N 5°57′E / 51.650°N 5.950°ECoordinates: 51°39′N 5°57′E / 51.650°N 5.950°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Karel van Soest (VVD)
Area[2]
• Total	113.84 km^2 (43.95 sq mi)
• Land	111.51 km^2 (43.05 sq mi)
• Water	2.33 km^2 (0.90 sq mi)
Elevation[3]	13 m (43 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
• Total	28,098
• Density	252/km^2 (650/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Boxmeerenaar
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	5440–5441, 5447, 5820–5836
Area code	0478, 0485
Website	www.boxmeer.nl

Dutch Topographic map of Boxmeer, June 2015

Boxmeer ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. It incorporates the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum.

Population centres

• Beugen
• Boxmeer
• Groeningen
• Holthees
• Maashees
• Oeffelt
• Overloon
• Rijkevoort
• Sambeek
• Vierlingsbeek
• Vortum-Mullem

Transport

• Boxmeer railway station

Gallery

• 

  Diorama Invasion 1944, Overloon War Museum

References

1. "Samenstelling College van B&W" [Members board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Boxmeer. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. "Postcodetool for 5831JX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

External links

• Media related to Boxmeer at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website