Geldrop-Mierlo is a municipality in the southern Netherlands

Netherlands

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, 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 :...

. The municipality was created from the two former municipalities of Geldrop and Mierlo.

Villages

Geldrop-Mierlo has about 38,000 inhabitants. It covers the surface of 31.39 km² (about 12 square miles). The two villages of Geldrop

Geldrop

Geldrop is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo.Geldrop was a separate municipality until 2004, when it merged with Mierlo...

 and Mierlo

Mierlo

Mierlo is a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Until 2004, it was a separate municipality that covers an area of . It is now part of Geldrop-Mierlo. Mierlo is home to a few interesting buildings, for example the old Council house and the Windmill in the centre of...

 used to be separate municipalities, but joined together after threats from Helmond

Helmond

Helmond is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.- Quarters and Neighbourhoods :*Quarter 11 Inner City**Neighbourhood 0 Centrum**Neighbourhood 2 Leonardus**Neighbourhood 3 Heipoort...

 to take over Mierlo.

History

The exact age of Geldrop isn't known. Over the years there have been several archaeological finds relating to prehistoric peoples who lived in or passed through the area. In the area of Geldrop, where over 10,000 years ago reindeerhunters of the so-called Ahrensburg culture placed their tents, two {?} with engravings have been found, among other artefacts. On one of them a reindeerhorn have been represented, on the other one a dancing little girl, who is called 'venus van Mierlo'. In the south of Zesgehuchten (district of Geldrop) finds have been done which indicate on small settlements from the New Stone Age (round 3000 before christus). Finds from the Roman Time and the early Middle Ages have been found off Genoenhuis and Hoog Geldrop (districts in Geldrop. In the autumn of 1989 nearby 't Zand (cemetery) archaeological unearthings has been carried out. These had a remarkable result. Four settlements were found from the late Roman Time and the Middle Ages: a period which covers the years between 350 and 1225 after christus.

Famous people from Geldrop-Mierlo

• Model Lara Stone
  Lara Stone
  Lara Catherina Stone is a Dutch model.On February 19, 2010, she was tabulated as the world's number-one fashion model on the international modelling site models.com's Top 50 Models Women ranking, a position she maintains as of November 2011...
  
   was born in Geldrop and lived in Mierlo.
• Former Dutch prime-minister Dries van Agt
  Dries van Agt
  Andreas Antonius Maria "Dries" van Agt is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from December 19, 1977, until November 4, 1982....
  
   was born in Geldrop.
• Swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Pieter van den Hoogenband
  Pieter Cornelis Ruud Martijn van den Hoogenband is a Dutch former swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.-Personal life:...
  
  , winner of three Olympic gold medals, grew up in Geldrop.
• Poet Lévi Weemoedt was born in Geldrop in 1948.
• Football defender Ernest Faber
  Ernest Faber
  Ernest Anthonius Jacobus Faber is a retired Dutch footballer who played mostly as a central defender.His professional career was spent entirely in his country, mostly at PSV, where he played 12 seasons....
  
   was born in Geldrop in 1971.
• Writer A.F.Th. van der Heijden was born in Geldrop in 1951.

External links

• Official website
• Maps: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=NL&city=geldrop
• Rail transport
  Rail transport
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  : train station
  Train station
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  Geldrop (gp) between Eindhoven (ehv) and Weert (wt), departure schedules: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/bhftafel.exe/en?evaId=8400245, http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/gp0.pdf