Boxtel

Boxtel
Boxtel
municipality
	Boxtel town centre
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5280–5283, 5298
Area code	0411
Website	www.boxtel.nl

Boxtel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔkstəl]) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.^[4]

This is the origin of the Van Boxtel family, which has numerous descendants in North Brabant.

The town was the site of the

Duke of Wellington

.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Boxtel, 2021

Notable residents

José van Dijck (born 1960) a new media author and academic
Teun Voeten (born 1961) a Dutch photojournalist and cultural anthropologist
Marcel Wanders (born 1963) a Dutch designer and art director
Dianne van Giersbergen (born 1985 in Liempde) a spinto soprano and singer-songwriter
DJ and record producer

Sport

Jeroen Delmee (born 1973) a field hockey player and twice Olympic champion
Bas van Erp (1979–2016) a Dutch wheelchair Paralympic tennis player
Frank van der Struijk (born 1985) a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
Michael van Gerwen (born 1989) a Dutch professional, 3-time World Darts Champion
Glenn Schuurman (born 1991) a Dutch field hockey player, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Silvinho Esajas (born 2002) a Dutch professional footballer

Transportation

Boxtel railway station

Economy

headquartered in Boxtel and operates its largest pig slaughterhouse

there.

Gallery

House in Boxtel
Boxtel Station
Kasteel Stapelen
Natuurgebied Kampina in Boxtel
Boxtel, roundabout: Dinorotonde

References

^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 5281AT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ 2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019. [1].

External links

Media related to Boxtel at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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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 5281AT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

[3] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[4] 2019. Etymologiebank.Nl. Accessed April 27 2019. [1].

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