Bergeijk
Encyclopedia
Bergeijk is a municipality
and town in the southern Netherlands
, in the province of North Brabant
. It has an area of 103 square kilometers and a population of 18,027 in 2005. Population density is 175 people per square kilometer. It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, that make up the Eindhoven Region Cooperative (Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven).
Until 1998 it had the old-fashioned spelling of "Bergeyk". Bergeijk is traditionally an agricultural
area, but tourism
and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village Westerhoven
.
Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands for a program on national radio: Radio Bergeijk
, a parody on local radio.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and town in the southern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, in the province of North Brabant
North Brabant
North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...
. It has an area of 103 square kilometers and a population of 18,027 in 2005. Population density is 175 people per square kilometer. It is one of 21 municipalities, including Eindhoven, that make up the Eindhoven Region Cooperative (Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven).
Until 1998 it had the old-fashioned spelling of "Bergeyk". Bergeijk is traditionally an agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
area, but tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
and recreation are steadily gaining importance. Among the facilities in the municipality of Bergeijk is a bungalow park in the village Westerhoven
Westerhoven
Westerhoven is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergeijk, about 15 km southwest of Eindhoven.Westerhoven was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Bergeijk....
.
Bergeijk is known in the Netherlands for a program on national radio: Radio Bergeijk
Radio Bergeijk
Radio Bergeijk is a Dutch satirical radio programme of which Peer van Eersel and Toon Spoorenberg are the anchormen. They are played by the comedians George van Houts and Pieter Bouwman respectively. The first episode was broadcast on April 3, 2001 from 00:44 AM to 01:00 AM. From then on, a new...
, a parody on local radio.
Population centres
- Bergeijk
- Boscheind
- Braambosch
- Hof
- Loo
- Loveren
- LuyksgestelLuyksgestelLuyksgestel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergeijk.Luyksgestel was a part of the Southern Netherlands for a long time. Until 1819, it belonged to the province of Antwerp, and only then it was transferred to North Brabant...
- RiethovenRiethovenRiethoven is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergeijk, about 15 km southwest of Eindhoven.Riethoven was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Bergeijk....
- Rijt
- Sengelsbroek
- Walik
- Weebosch
- WesterhovenWesterhovenWesterhoven is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Bergeijk, about 15 km southwest of Eindhoven.Westerhoven was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of Bergeijk....