Udenhout

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Coordinates: 51°36′30″N 5°8′30″E / 51.60833°N 5.14167°E

Province

Municipality

Population (2005)

8,766

Major roads

N65

Udenhout in the municipality of Tilburg.

Udenhout is a village and a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located northeast of Tilburg, north of Berkel-Enschot and south of the National Parc Loonse en Drunense Duinen.

The municipality of Udenhout (including the village of Biezenmortel) was independent until 1997, when it became part of the municipality of Tilburg. Biezenmortel became part of the municipality of Haaren. Udenhout preferred to join the municipality of Loon op Zand, but was nevertheless assigned to Tilburg. The municipality consisted at the time of abolition in 1996 9,028 inhabitants and was 26.87 km².

During Carnaval Udenhout is called: "d'n Haozepot". In Udenhout you have a neighbourhood with streetnames as flowers. Like: "Margriet" and "Roos"(with means: Rose)

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Gallery

Udenhout, former town hall
Udenhout, Saint Lambert's Church (Sint Lambertuskerk)

References

↑ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

External links

J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Udenhout". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.

Coordinates: 51°37′N 5°09′E / 51.617°N 5.150°E / 51.617; 5.150

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