Oisterwijk

Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Oisterwijk

Municipality

Gazebo in Oisterwijk

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Coat of arms

Location in North Brabant

Coordinates: 51°35′N 5°12′E﻿ / ﻿51.583°N 5.200°E﻿ / 51.583; 5.200
Country| Netherlands
Province| North Brabant
Government

[1]

• Body| Municipal council
• Mayor| Hans Janssen (CDA)
Area

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• Total| 65.13 km2 (25.15 sq mi)
• Land| 63.84 km2 (24.65 sq mi)
• Water| 1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Elevation

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| 10 m (30 ft)
Population

(January 2021)[4]

• Total| 32,373
• Density| 507/km2 (1,310/sq mi)
Demonym| Oisterwijker
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode|

5059–5066

Area code| 013
Website| oisterwijk.nl

Oisterwijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːstərˌʋɛik] (listen)) is a municipality and a city in the south of the Netherlands.

## Population centres[edit]

* Haaren
* Heukelom
* Moergestel
* Oisterwijk

### Topography[edit]

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021

## Transportation[edit]

* Railway station: Oisterwijk

## City[edit]

Oisterwijk received city rights in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' (Oisterwijk forests and fens) and the 'Kampina', two nature reserves. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten' (Nature Monuments Society).

## Notable people[edit]

Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, 2018

* Nicolaus van Esch (1507 in Oisterwijk – 1578) a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer[5]
* Adriaan Poirters (1605 in Oisterwijk – 1674) a Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the Counter Reformation
* Johan Antony Barrau (1873 in Oisterwijk – 1953) a Dutch mathematician and geometer
* Arnold Meijer (1905 – 1965 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch fascist politician
* Annita van Iersel (born 1948 in Oisterwijk) former wife of Paul Keating, former Prime Minister of Australia
* Jan Schuurkes (born 1950 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher
* Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963 in Ridderkerk) a Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006

## Gallery[edit]

* Oisterwijk, church: Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk

* Oisterwijk, Netherlands - panoramio

* Essche stroom

* Pomp Oisterwijk

* Gasthuisbrug over de Esschestroom in Esch

* Gevleugelde vrijheid - Oisterwijk

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Samenstelling college" [Members of the board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Oisterwijk. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. ^ "Postcodetool for 5061HX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
4. ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
5. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5 (1913), Nicolaus Van Esch retrieved 08 November 2019

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Oisterwijk at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

Places adjacent to Oisterwijk

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Populated places in the municipality of Oisterwijk

Towns|

* Oisterwijk

Villages|

* Haaren
* Heukelom
* Moergestel

Hamlets|

* Gever
* Heikant

List of cities, towns and villages in North Brabant

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Municipalities of North Brabant

* Alphen-Chaam
* Altena
* Asten
* Baarle-Nassau
* Bergeijk
* Bergen op Zoom
* Bernheze
* Best
* Bladel
* Boekel
* Boxtel
* Breda
* Cranendonck
* Deurne
* Dongen
* Drimmelen
* Eersel
* Eindhoven
* Etten-Leur
* Geertruidenberg
* Geldrop-Mierlo
* Gemert-Bakel
* Gilze en Rijen
* Goirle
* Halderberge
* Heeze-Leende
* Helmond
* 's-Hertogenbosch
* Heusden
* Hilvarenbeek
* Laarbeek
* Land van Cuijk
* Loon op Zand
* Maashorst
* Meierijstad
* Moerdijk
* Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
* Oirschot
* Oisterwijk
* Oosterhout
* Oss
* Reusel-De Mierden
* Roosendaal
* Rucphen
* Sint-Michielsgestel
* Someren
* Son en Breugel
* Steenbergen
* Tilburg
* Valkenswaard
* Veldhoven
* Vught
* Waalre
* Waalwijk
* Woensdrecht
* Zundert

* See also
* Netherlands
* Provinces
* Municipalities

Authority control

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Spain
* Germany
* Czech Republic

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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