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Boxmeer

Town and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

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Location of the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant

51°39′N 5°57′E / 51.650°N 5.950°E / 51.650; 5.950CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityLand van CuijkArea

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• Total10.87 km² (4.20 sq mi)Elevation

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13 m (43 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total12,565 • Density1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)DemonymBoxmeerenaarTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postcode

5831^[1]

Area code0485Websitewww.boxmeer.nl

Boxmeer ([bɔksˈmeːr] ^ⓘ) is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum.

Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Topography

Map of the former municipality of Boxmeer, 2015

Population centres

The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:^[3]

Beugen 1,860
Boxmeer 12,550
Holthees 540
Maashees 875
Oeffelt 2,370
Overloon, including Heikant 3,985
Rijkevoort 1,665
Sambeek 1,745
Vierlingsbeek, including Groeningen 3,050
Vortum-Mullem 705

Transport

Boxmeer railway station

Notable people

Dr Anna Terruwe (1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder
Joannes Gijsen (1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík
Emile Roemer (born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician
Hugo van der Velden (born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian
Charles Deenen (born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer
Dionne Stax (born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader

Sport

Sjaak Lucassen (born 1961 in Maashees) a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider
Niels Fleuren (born 1986 in Boxmeer) a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps
Sander de Wijn (born 1990 in Boxmeer) a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Kika van Es (born 1991 in Boxmeer) a Dutch football defender

Gallery

Boxmeer, former townhall
Boxmeer, basilica: the Sint-Petrusbasiliek
Overloon War Museum
Overloon, sculpture
Vierlingsbeek, church: Sint Laurentiuskerk
Oeffelt, windmill: molen de Vooruitgang

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 5831JX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "CBS in uw buurt" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 28 September 2021.