Sint Anthonis is a municipality

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 a 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 Noord-Brabant.
The locals refer to the town as Sint Tunnis. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar".

As of January 1, 2011 the town has 4,228 inhabitants.

History

The town was mentioned in a last will as early as 1312. The town was called Oelbroec at the time. As the church of St. Anthony The Abbot was completed in 1477, people started referring to the town as the "Parish of St. Anthony in Oelbroec", and by 1570 the name Oelbroec had disappeared. Church Book registration started in 1640 and are to be found on the BHIC web site.

Population centres

Landhorst, Ledeacker, Oploo

Oploo

Oploo is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of St. Anthonis.Oploo was a separate municipality until 1821, when it merged with Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker to form the new municipality of Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker.-References:...

, Rijkevoort, De Walsert, Sint Anthonis, Stevensbeek, Wanroij

Wanroij

Wanroij is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint Anthonis, about 9 km west of the town of Boxmeer.Wanroij was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Sint Anthonis....

 and Westerbeek.

External links

• Official website