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