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Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Municipality
Windmill in Nuenen
Windmill in Nuenen
Flag of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Flag
Coat of arms of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in a municipal map of North Brabant
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°33′E / 51.483°N 5.550°E / 51.483; 5.550Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°33′E / 51.483°N 5.550°E / 51.483; 5.550
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Government
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Maarten Houben (CDA)
Area
 • Total 33.94 km2 (13.10 sq mi)
 • Land 33.72 km2 (13.02 sq mi)
 • Water 0.22 km2 (0.08 sq mi)
Elevation 16 m (52 ft)
Population (February 2017)
 • Total 22,567
 • Density 669/km2 (1,730/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 5670–5674
Area code 040
Website www.nuenen.nl

Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten (About this sound pronunciation ) is a municipality consisting of the larger village of Nuenen and two adjacent smaller ones. It is located in the province of Noord-Brabant, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Eindhoven, the fifth largest city in the Netherlands. From being a small farmers town of less than 1000 inhabitants around 1950 Nuenen grew steadily as ever more new employees of Philips and the Eindhoven University (TUE) chose Nuenen as their new home.

A battle fought in Nuenen during World War II was shown in an episode of the miniseries Band of Brothers. The historical battle took place there during Operation Market-Garden in September 1944.

Vincent van Gogh spent two years in Nuenen from 1883-1885. His father lived and worked there as the Protestant pastor in the largely catholic environment. Van Gogh lived in the small carriagehouse next to the beautiful pastors house, which is well preserved and visited by art lovers from all over the world. Van Gogh was extremely productive in his years in Nuenen. It is referred to as his so-called dark or sombre period. Here he painted his famous painting The potato eaters as well as Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen (Het uitgaan van de hervormde kerk te Nuenen). The latter painting was stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in December 2002.


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