Reusel-De Mierden

Reusel-De Mierden
Municipality
Church in Lage Mierde
Flag Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°22′N 5°10′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Established	1 January 1997[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Jetty Eugster-van Bergeijk (acting) (CDA)
Area [3]
• Total	78.66 km^2 (30.37 sq mi)
• Land	77.88 km^2 (30.07 sq mi)
• Water	0.78 km^2 (0.30 sq mi)
Elevation [4]	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[5]
• Total	13,127
• Density	169/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5094–5096, 5540–5541
Area code	013, 0497
Website	www.reuseldemierden.nl

Reusel-De Mierden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrøːzəl də ˈmiːrdə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the North Brabant province, and has an area of 78.66 km² (30.37 sq mi). It had a population of 13,127 in 2021.

Population centres

• Hooge Mierde
• Hulsel
• Lage Mierde
• Reusel

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Reusel-De Mierden, June 2015

Genealogy

Reusel-De Mierden erroneously appears in more than a million family trees as a place of origin or residence. This is due to a software error that changed "Holland" to "Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands."^[6]

Geert van der Weijst, 2014

Notable people

• Steven Mierdman (ca.1510 in Hooge Mierde – 1559) a Dutch printer of Reformation books
• Harry van Gestel (born 1953 in Reusel) a Dutch artist and painter
• Geert van der Weijst (born 1990 in Reusel) a former Dutch cyclist

See also

• Hooge en Lage Mierde

Gallery

• 
  Town hall of Reusel, De Mierden
• 
  Lage Mierde De Mispelbocht
• 
  Reusel-Beukenlaan
• 
  near Moergestel, brook: de Reusel

References

1. "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "College van B&W" [Board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Reusel-De Mierden. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
3. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
4. "Postcodetool for 5541KB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
5. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
6. "Was your ancestor born in Reusel-De Mierden? Guess again!". Dutch Genealogy. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

External links

• Media related to Reusel-De Mierden at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website