Hilvarenbeek

Hilvarenbeek
Municipality
Former brewery in Hilvarenbeek
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°8′E / 51.483°N 5.133°ECoordinates: 51°29′N 5°8′E / 51.483°N 5.133°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government[1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ryan Palmen (VVD)
Area[2]
• Total	96.49 km^2 (37.25 sq mi)
• Land	94.93 km^2 (36.65 sq mi)
• Water	1.56 km^2 (0.60 sq mi)
Elevation[3]	18 m (59 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
• Total	15,092
• Density	159/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode	5080–5089
Area code	013
Website	www.hilvarenbeek.nl

Hilvarenbeek ( pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.

The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.

Population centres

The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:

• Baarschot
• Biest-Houtakker
• Diessen
• Esbeek
• Haghorst

In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods: Beerten, Driehuizen, Dun, Gorp, Groenstraat, Groot Loo, Grote Voort, Hoog Spul, Hoogeind, Klein Loo, Kleine Voort, Laag Spul, Rovert, Slibbroek and Westerwijk.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.

References

1. "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Hilvarenbeek. Retrieved 29 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 5081CA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 29 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 Hilvarenbeek at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website