Heusden, Asten

Heusden
Village
Former school building in Heusden
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Coordinates: 51°23′2″N 5°45′50″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Asten
Area [1]
• Total	26.26 km^2 (10.14 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	6 m (20 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,490
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5725[1]
Dialing code	073

Heusden also known as Asten-Heusden (or Heuze among locals) is a small village in North Brabant in the Netherlands. It is in the so-called Peel region.

It was first mentioned in 1794 as Heusden. The etymology is unclear.^[3]

Heusden has a small village square with a few bars, a church, a grocery store, and a youth center. The village is only a couple kilometres from Asten which is much larger and the centre of activity for most residents of Heusden. Heusden also has the romantic remains of an old castle that dates from the fifteenth century. Attached to the ruins, a seventeenth-century v-shape farmstead is still in place.

Gallery

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  Outer bailey of Castle Asten
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  Ruins of the castle

References

1. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
2. "Postcodetool for 5275AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
3. "Heusden - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.