Boxmeer Explained

Boxmeer
Settlement Type:Town and former municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Boxmeer in a municipal map of North Brabant
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:Land van Cuijk
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:10.87
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:13
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:12,565
Population As Of:2021
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Boxmeerenaar
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:5831
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:0485
Coordinates:51.65°N 62°W

Boxmeer (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /bɔksˈmeːr/) is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek.

One of the population centers of the former municipality is Overloon, where the Overloon War Museum is located.

Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Topography

Population centres

The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:[3]

Transport

Notable people

Sport

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 5831JX . nl . . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 6 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 17 April 2022.
  3. Web site: CBS in uw buurt . nl . CBS . 28 September 2021.