Biezenmortel | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Coordinates: | 51.625°N 5.1778°W |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tilburg |
Elevation M: | 8 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.68 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.53 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.16 |
Population Total: | 1465 |
Population As Of: | January 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 5074 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 013 |
Biezenmortel is a village in the municipality of Tilburg in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village had 1,465 inhabitants and 470 households in January 2020.[2] Biezenmortel has a primary school called Franciscus and a community center called De Vorselaer. Centrally located in the village, there is a former Capuchin monastery called Beukenhof, that now serves as a group accommodation.[3] The Sint Josephkerk, which was located inside the monastery, closed down in 2019.[4]
Just over to the southeast of Biezenmortel lies Huize Assisië, a historic psychiatric complex founded in 1904. It consists of some 40 buildings including a chapel and houses around 200 intellectually disabled people.[5] [6]
Before 2021, Biezenmortel was part of the former municipality of Haaren.[7]