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Best (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a municipality and a village in the province of North Brabant, southern Netherlands. It is situated northwest of the city Eindhoven , and is part of Brabant's city region .
From the 1960s shoe production was moved to low-wage countries and Batadorp was sold to the municipality of Best. The network of shops - even the factory shop - had closed by 1996. The original buildings of Batadorp are now an industrial heritage site.
Download QR code; Print/export ... This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands ... Best: 51°30′45″N 5°21 ...
Lieshout is a village located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 15 kilometres northeast of Eindhoven. There are 4,300 inhabitants, and the village is known for its brewing company Swinkels Family Brewers. The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to Standard Dutch). [3]
The village was first mentioned in 1275 as "silvam que vocatur Barlebosche", and means "old forest". The forest was cultivated from 1275 onwards by the monks of the Cistercian abbey of St Bernard near Antwerp. [3] [4] Ouden (old) was added to distinguish from Nieuwenbosch, a village which was lost in the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. [3]
Hank is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a part of the municipality of Altena, and lies about 10 km (6 mi) north of Oosterhout. Hanks borders on De Biesbosch National Park. [3] It was first mentioned in 1851 as De Hank, and means "place where fishers dry their nets". [4]
The village was part of the municipality Beugen en Rijkevoort. In 1942, it was merged into Boxmeer. In 2022, it became part of the municipality of Land van Cuijk. [7] A marina was built along an old anabranch of the Maas. [9] In 2022, construction started on a beach near the marina. [10]
Dussen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is a part of the municipality of Altena , and is located about 12 km south of Gorinchem . Dussen Castle is located near the village.