Geldrop-Mierlo

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Geldrop-Mierlo
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Area	31.39 km²
- Land	31.06 km²
- Water	0.33 km²
Population (2006)	37,725
- Density	1,215/km²

Geldrop-Mierlo (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality was created from the two former municipalities of Geldrop and Mierlo.

[edit] Villages

Geldrop-Mierlo has about 38,000 inhabitants. It covers the surface of 31.39 km² (about 12 square miles). The are two villages of Geldrop and Mierlo used to be separate municipalities, but joined together after threats from Helmond to take over Mierlo.

[edit] Famous people from Geldrop-Mierlo

• Former Dutch prime-minister Dries van Agt was born in Geldrop.
• Swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband, winner of three Olympic gold medals, grew up in Geldrop.
• Poet Lévi Weemoedt was born in Geldrop in 1948.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Maps: [1]
• Rail transport: train station Geldrop (gp) between Eindhoven (ehv) and Weert (wt), departure schedules: [2], [3]

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