Heythuysen
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Heythuysen
| native_name = {{native name|li|Heitse}}
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Heythuysen - Op de Bos 2 Klooster van de Witte Paters van Sint Charles.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Retirement home and former monastery of the White Fathers of St Charles
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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Netherlands
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Limburg
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Leudal
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6093AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 }}
| elevation_m = 28
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| area_total_km2 = 27.55
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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=25 April 2022}}
| population_total = 6,545
| 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 = 0475
| blank_name_sec1 = Transport
| blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads
| blank1_info_sec1 = N279
| coordinates = {{Coord|51|15|N|5|54|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
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Heythuysen ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɛitˌɦœyzə(n)|lang|137 Heythuysen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Heitse}}) is a town in the south-eastern Netherlands.
History
It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from Venlo to Antwerp, and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0066.php |title=Heythuysen |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6 |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}} In 1243, it became a border town for the County of Horne. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent heerlijkheid.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current Gothic Revival tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged.
Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840. Until it became a part of Leudal on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Baexem, Grathem and Kelpen-Oler.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}} Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.
Gallery
File:Heythuysen, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM22123 foto3 2013-04-14 14.02.jpg|Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen
File:Heythuysen - Dorpstraat 16-18 Woonhuis (1930).jpg|Building in Heythuysen
File:Heythuysen-Sint-Nicolaaskerk (4).jpg|St Nicolaas Church
File:Heythuysen - Notaris Ruttenlaan 17 Basisschool De Beukenhof.jpg|School in Heythuysen
References
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{{Dutch municipality Leudal}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007
Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)
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