Zaarvlaas

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| name = Zaarvlaas

| settlement_type = Hamlet

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands

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| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = North Brabant

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Gemert-Bakel

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| timezone = CET

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| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 5761

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 0492

| coordinates = {{coord|51.51726|5.73530|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

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Zaarvlaas is a hamlet in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant province of the Netherlands.[http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)]

Zaarvlaas is not a statistical entity,{{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=16 April 2022 |quote=not found}} and the postal authorities have placed it under Bakel.{{cite web|url=https://postcodebijadres.nl/zaarvlaas+bakel |title=Postcode Zaarvlaas in Bakel |website=Postcode bij adres |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}} It has no place name signs and consists of a handful of houses.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/zaarvlaas |title=Zaarvlaas |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}

It was first mentioned in 1897 as Zaarvlaas, and means "sedge grass (carex) near a pond in the heath or forest".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/zaarvlaas |title=Zaarvlaas - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=16 April 2022 |language=nl}}