Sterksel

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Coordinates: 51°21′2″N5°36′43″E / 51.35056°N 5.61194°E / 51.35056; 5.61194 Coordinates: 51°21′2″N5°36′43″E / 51.35056°N 5.61194°E / 51.35056; 5.61194
Country Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Province North Brabant-Flag.svg North Brabant
Municipality Heeze-Leende vlag.svg Heeze-Leende
Area
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 • Total17.62 km2 (6.80 sq mi)
Elevation
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27 m (89 ft)
Population
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 • Total1,785
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6029 [1]
Dialing code 040
Website https://www.sterksel.nu/

Sterksel is a village in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven. It lies within the municipality Heeze-Leende. It's the smallest village of three in the municipality. The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group, quite similar to colloquial Dutch.

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History

The village was first mentioned between 1196 and 1198 as Sterkesele. The suffix means "single roomed house". The first part can either be sterk (strong) or sterke (young cow). [3] Sterksel is an agricultural community from the Middle Ages. Between 1798 until 1915, it was owned by the Pompen family. [4]

Sterksel was home to 99 people in 1840. [5] Broederhuis Providentia is a monastery established in 1915. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Postcodetool for 6029PA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sterksel - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Sterksel (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN   90 400 9945 6 . Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sterksel". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.


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