Genderen

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| name = Genderen

| settlement_type = Village

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| native_name_lang = nl

| image_skyline = Image:Genderen, de NHkerk RM6817 in straatzicht positie1 foto2 2012-10-22 13.24.jpg

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| image_caption = Street view with church tower

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| image_shield = Eethen Genderen en Heesbeen wapen.svg

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands

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| 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 = Altena

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4265GB |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 14 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 1.3

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| area_total_km2 = 6.38

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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=14 April 2022}}

| population_total = 1,725

| 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

| postal_code = 4265

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0416

| coordinates = {{coord|51|44|7|N|5|5|16|E|region:NL|display=title, inline}}

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Genderen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Altena.

The village was first mentioned in the late 11th century as Ganderon, and means "settlement on the Gander River".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/genderen |title=Genderen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}} Genderen is a stretch-out village which developed in the Middle Ages along the Bergse Maas and was part of the Land van Altena.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0175.php |title=Ulvenhout |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9945-6 |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}}

The Dutch Reformed church dated from the 13th century, but was destroyed in 1944 during World War II. It was rebuilt in 1953, but the tower was constructed from the ruins of the medieval church.

Genderen was home to 499 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/genderen |title=Genderen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=14 April 2022 |language=nl}} Genderen was a separate municipality until 1923, when it was merged with Eethen. Before 1908, the name of the municipality was Heesbeen, Eethen en Genderen.Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |lang=nl |accessdate=December 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=February 20, 2007 }}