Haaren, North Brabant

Haaren
Haaren
	Town
	Former seminary Haarendael in Haaren
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
	Coordinates: 51°36′N 5°14′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Oisterwijk
Area [1]
• Total	58.56 km2 (22.61 sq mi)
• Land	57.70 km2 (22.28 sq mi)
• Water	0.86 km2 (0.33 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	8 m (26 ft)
Population (January 2019)[3]
• Total	14,195
• Density	246/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5074–5076, 5268, 5296
Area code	013, 0411

Haaren (Dutch: [ɦaːrən] (listen)) is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.

The former municipality of Haaren ceased to exist on January 1, 2021. It was divided among four municipalities: Boxtel, Oisterwijk, Tilburg, and Vught.

The former municipality of Haaren contained three other villages: Helvoirt, Esch, and Biezenmortel. An unusual thing about the municipality was that it belonged to two regions, Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch. The village belongs to the region of Tilburg. The eastern part of national park the Loonse en Drunense Duinen was part of the municipality.

Haaren is known as 'The Garden of Brabant' because of the many plantations of trees, plants etc.

Population centres

Biezenmortel (1,498) added to Tilburg
Esch (2,225) added to Boxtel
Haaren (5,584) added to Oisterwijk
Helvoirt (4,741) added to Vught

(Population in 2003)

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Haaren, June 2015

References

"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 5076AV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

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[1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 5076AV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[3] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.