Boxmeer

Boxmeer
Boxmeer
	Municipality
	Former Boxmeer city hall (until 2010)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
	Coordinates: 51°39′N 5°57′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Karel van Soest (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	113.84 km2 (43.95 sq mi)
• Land	111.51 km2 (43.05 sq mi)
• Water	2.33 km2 (0.90 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	13 m (43 ft)
Population (January 2019)[4]
• Total	29,065
• Density	261/km2 (680/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Boxmeerenaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5440–5441, 5447, 5820–5836
Area code	0478, 0485
Website	www.boxmeer.nl

Boxmeer (pronounced [bɔks.meːr] (listen)) is a municipality and a town in upper southeastern Netherlands. It incorporates the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek. In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum.

Station Boxmeer

Topography

Dionne Stax, 2017

Kika van Es, 2011

Dr Anna Terruwe (1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder
Joannes Gijsen (1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík
Emile Roemer (born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician
Hugo van der Velden (born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian
Charles Deenen (born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer
Dionne Stax (born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader

Sjaak Lucassen (born 1961 in Maashees) a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider
Niels Fleuren (born 1986 in Boxmeer) a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps
Sander de Wijn (born 1990 in Boxmeer) a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Kika van Es (born 1991 in Boxmeer) a Dutch football defender

Overzicht van de voorgevel - Boxmeer
Diorama Invasion 1944, Overloon War Museum
Overloon - Dromedaris met tankkoepelbult van Marjolijn Mandersloot op de hoek van de Museumlaan en de Venraijseweg
Vierlingsbeek, Sint Laurentiuskerk
Canal boats, Groeningen

"Samenstelling College van B&W" [Members board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Boxmeer. Archived from the original on 6 May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 5831JX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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