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Steenbergen
Steenbergen
Municipality
	Aerial view of Steenbergen
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
	Coordinates: 51°35′N 4°19′E / 51.583°N 4.317°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Ruud van den Belt (VVD)
Area
• Total	159.14 km2 (61.44 sq mi)
• Land	146.43 km2 (56.54 sq mi)
• Water	12.71 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	24,310
• Density	166/km2 (430/sq mi)
Demonym	Steenbergenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	4650–4655, 4670–4671, 4680–4681, 4756
Area code	0167
Website	gemeente-steenbergen.nl

Steenbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsteːmbɛrɣə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. The municipality had a population of 24,310 in 2021 and covers an area of 159.14 km² (61.44 sq mi) of which 12.71 km² (4.91 sq mi) is water. The municipality is mainly agricultural including a strongly growing greenhouse sector, but Steenbergen and the nearby town of Dinteloord also contain some light industry. A new stretch of A4 motorway under construction is expected to further increase the municipality's attractiveness, allowing easy connections with the large cities of Rotterdam to the north and the Belgian city of Antwerp to the south. The connection with the nearby city of Bergen op Zoom will also be improved as a result.

Population centres

Dutch Topographic map of Steenbergen, June 2015

Steenbergen (population: 12,440)
Dinteloord (5,680)
Nieuw-Vossemeer (2,400)
Kruisland (2,340)
Welberg (1,118)
De Heen (440)
t'Haantje

The city of Steenbergen

Steenbergen received city rights in 1272.

Graves of Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick

Graves of RAF Wing Commanders Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick

Guy Gibson, Wing Commander and the first CO of the RAF's 617 Squadron which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, crashed with his Mosquito aircraft in this municipality. Having returned to operational duties in 1944 after pestering Bomber Command, 26-year-old Gibson was killed along with his navigator, Sqn Ldr Jim Warwick, on a bombing raid on Rheydt (nowadays a borough of Mönchengladbach) operating as a Pathfinder Master Bomber based at RAF Coningsby, when his de Havilland Mosquito XX, KB267, crashed near Steenbergen on 19 September 1944. It was assumed for years that he had been shot down, but following the discovery of the wreckage it was found that a fault with the fuel tank selector possibly meant the aircraft simply ran out of fuel.^[5] An eye-witness account detailed how his aircraft circled Steenbergen and heard its engines 'splutter and stop'.^[6] In 2011 it was revealed the Mosquito may also have been shot down in a friendly fire incident.^[7] The graves are in the RC cemetery of Steenbergen. Streets have been named for both Gibson and Warwick, and one of the aircraft's propellers is located in the city park as a memorial.

Notable people

Johan Arnold Bloys van Treslong (1757 in Steenbergen – 1824) a Dutch naval officer and Patriot
Jan Maas (1900 in Steenbergen – 1977) a Dutch racing cyclist who competed in the 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics
Johnny Goverde (1933 in Steenbergen), a Dutch singer and songwriter known under the pseudonym Jan Boezeroen.
Niel Steenbergen (1911 in Steenbergen – 1997) a Dutch artist, sculptor, painter and medalist
Ella Vogelaar (born 1949 in Steenbergen) a retired Dutch politician
Pierre van Hooijdonk (born 1969 in Steenbergen) a retired Dutch international footballer with 551 club caps
Eric Hellemons (born 1971 in Kruisland) a Dutch former footballer with 358 club caps and current football coach,
Nasrdin Dchar (born 1978 in Steenbergen) a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter ^[8]

Gallery

Steenbergen, church: St. Gummaruskerk
Front view of the inner harbour of Steenbergen
Steenbergen, watertower
Northern City Dike, Steenbergen
Gibson and Warwick

References

^ "Belt van den, Ruud" (in Dutch). Gemeente Steenbergen. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 4652GA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Personal Effects of Guy Gibson on show". mod.uk. Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2012.
^ Bomber Barons, Chaz Bowyer (1983) page 165
^ After The Battle no. 155 (2012), page 47,
^ IMDb Database retrieved 27 August 2019