Budel
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Budel
| settlement_type = Town
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| image_skyline = Budel - Kerkstraat 10 5 O.L. Vrouw Visitatie kerk (1).JPG
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| image_caption = Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary
| image_flag = Budel vlag.svg
| image_shield = Budel wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
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| 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 = Cranendonck
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6021AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 15 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 33
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| area_total_km2 = 26.16
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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=15 April 2022}}
| population_total = 9.765
| population_as_of = 2021
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code = 0495
| coordinates = {{coord|51|16|21|N|5|34|28|E|display=inline,title}}
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Budel is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, 25 km outside Eindhoven. Kempen Airport is located near Budel.
History
It was first mentioned in 779 as Budilio, and means "place with houses".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/budel |title=Budel - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}} Budel developed in the Early Middle Ages from a collection of agrarian settlements around the Buulder Aa. In 1421, it became part of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0031.php |title=Budel |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9945 6 |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Catholic Visitation of the Virgin Mary is a basilica-like church built between 1904 and 1912 with a tall tower. The Schepenhuis is located on the main market and was built in 1771. It has been used as town hall, but also as market. In 1981 and 1982, it was restored and returned to its original shape.
The grist mill Nooit Gedagt was built in 1846. The windmill started to be used less during the 1960s. In 1967, however, it was restored and heightened. The windmill is still in use on Saturdays and sometimes during the week.{{cite web|url=https://www.molendatabase.nl/nederland/molen.php?nummer=506 |title=Nooit Gedagt |website=Molen database |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Budel was home to 440 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/budel |title=Budel |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=nl}} Budel used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Maarheeze in 1997, and changed its name a year later to Cranendonck.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} It is home to the Budelse Brouwerij, one of the country's largest microbreweries.{{cite book|last=McFarland|first=Ben|title=World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHh-4M_QxEsC&pg=PA170|year=2009|publisher=Sterling|isbn=9781402766947|page=170}}
South of the town the large zinc smelter of Nyrstar (named Umicore before 2007) is located.
Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).
Gallery
File:Budel - Markt 1 Voormalig schepenhuis.JPG|Schepenhuis: the former town hall
File:2016 Klooster Budel.jpg|Monastery
File:Budel, molen2 foto2 2009-08-31 18.12.JPG|Wind mill Nooitgedagt
File:Brouwhuis.jpg|Brewery
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Budel}}
{{Dutch municipality Cranendonck}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998
Category:Populated places in North Brabant