Milheeze

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Milheeze
Village
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Milheeze
Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
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Milheeze
Milheeze (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°30′8″N5°46′44″E / 51.50222°N 5.77889°E / 51.50222; 5.77889
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Gemert-Bakel
Area
[1]
 • Total
19.72 km2 (7.61 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
26 m (85 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
 • Total
2,280
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5763 [1]
Dialing code 0492

Milheeze (dialect: Milles) is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant and is part of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.

The village was first mentioned in 1332 as Milleis. The etymology is unclear. [3] Milheeze developed in the Late Middle Ages around a chapel. The chapel was replaced by the St Willibrordus Church in 1844-1845 which was built on the foundations of the chapel. [4]

Milheeze was home to 579 people in 1840. [5] The monastery Mariaoord was founded in Milheeze in 1935. [4] The village was part of the municipality Bakel en Milheeze until 1966 when it was merged into Gemert-Bakel. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 5763AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Milheeze (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Milheeze (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN   90 400 9945 6 . Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Milheeze". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.


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