Hilvarenbeek | |||
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Municipality | |||
Former brewery in Hilvarenbeek
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Location in North Brabant |
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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 | |||
• Body | Municipal council | ||
• Mayor | Ryan Palmen (VVD) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 96.49 km2 (37.25 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 94.93 km2 (36.65 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 1.56 km2 (0.60 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
Population (August 2017) | |||
• Total | 15,362 | ||
• Density | 162/km2 (420/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Postcode | 5080–5089 | ||
Area code | 013 | ||
Website | www |
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.
The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:
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.