Boxmeer
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Boxmeer
| settlement_type = Town and former municipality
| image_skyline = Overzicht van de voorgevel - Boxmeer - 20384805 - RCE.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Former Boxmeer city hall (until 2010)
| image_flag = Boxmeer vlag.svg
| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Boxmeer.svg
| shield_size = 100x80px
| shield_alt =
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0756 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Boxmeer in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption = Location of the former municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant
| pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Land van Cuijk
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 10.87
| area_land_km2 =
| area_water_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 5831JX
|language = nl
|author =
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 6 May 2014}}
| elevation_m = 13
| elevation_max_footnotes =
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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=17 April 2022}}
| population_total = 12,565
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Boxmeerenaar
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postcode
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = 0485
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.boxmeer.nl}}
| footnotes =
| coordinates = {{coord|51|39|N|5|57|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
}}
Boxmeer ({{IPA|nl|bɔksˈmeːr|-|181 Boxmeer.ogg}}) 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.
One of the population centers of the former municipality is Overloon, where the Overloon War Museum is located.
Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Topography
Population centres
The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:{{cite web |url= https://cbsinuwbuurt.nl/ |title=CBS in uw buurt |language=nl |publisher=CBS |access-date=28 September 2021}}
- 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
Notable people
File:Dionne Stax bij het Festival van de Journalistiek 2017 (37447584555).jpg
File:Kika-van-es-1321139643.jpg
- 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
File:Overzicht van de voorgevel - Boxmeer - 20384800 - RCE.jpg|Boxmeer, former townhall
File:Boxmeer, de Sint-Petrusbasiliek IMG 8330 2021-02-22 11.17.jpg|Boxmeer, basilica: the Sint-Petrusbasiliek
File:Diorama Invasion 1944 in Liberty Park, Overloon War Museum.jpg|Overloon War Museum
File:Overloon - Dromedaris met tankkoepelbult van Marjolijn Mandersloot op de hoek van de Museumlaan en de Venraijseweg.jpg|Overloon, sculpture
File:Vierlingsbeek, de Sint-Laurentiuskerk IMG 8299 2021-02-22 10.02.jpg|Vierlingsbeek, church: Sint Laurentiuskerk
File:Oeffelt, molen de Vooruitgang RM481740 IMG 5600 2020-05-21 16.09.jpg|Oeffelt, windmill: molen de Vooruitgang
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline}}
- {{Official website|http://www.boxmeer.nl }}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Boxmeer
| Northeast = Maas / Gennep (LI)
| West = Sint Anthonis
| Northwest = Cuijk
}}
{{Dutch municipality Land van Cuijk}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant
Category:Populated places in North Brabant
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2022
Category:Geography of Land van Cuijk
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