Made, Netherlands
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| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Drimmelen
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 4921AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 16 April 2022 }}
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Made is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Drimmelen, about 10 km northeast of Breda.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1321 as die Made, and means hay land.{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/made3 |title=Made - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}} Until the 14th century, Made was part of the meadows of Geertruidenberg and was considered part of the city until 1795.{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu02_01/sten009monu02_01_0110.php |title=Made |author=Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert| year=1997 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90-400-9945-6 |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}
The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1512. In 1944, it was damaged by war and restored in 1952. The Catholic St. Bernardus Church was built in 1870. Made was home to 1,104 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/made |title=Made |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}
Between 1997 and 1998, "Made" was the name of a municipality, created in the merger of the former municipalities of Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Made en Drimmelen, and Terheijden. In 1998, the name of the municipality was changed to "Drimmelen".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 |accessdate=2009-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=2007-02-20 }}
Made lies along the highway A59, which puts it in close range of both the A16 and the A27.
Made has public sports associations for soccer, scouting, tennis and hockey, as well as for several indoor sports like badminton, table tennis and gymnastics. There is an outdoor public swimming pool the "Randoet", which opens only between May and October.
Gallery
File:2006-07-08 15.03 Made, kerk.JPG|Made, Catholic St. Blasius church
File:WLM - RuudMorijn - blocked by Flickr - - DSC 0371 Ned. Hervormde Kerk, Patronaatstraat 27, Made, rm 28088.jpg|Made, Protestant church
File:Made Kerkstr 8a vml Pastorie cafe Het Oud Mannenhuis.jpg|Pub in Made
File:Made Julianastr 1 School Lage Weide.jpg|School in Made
References
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{{Dutch municipality Drimmelen}}
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Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1997
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1998
Category:Populated places in North Brabant