Geldrop-Mierlo | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Geldrop-Mierlo in a municipal map of North Brabant |
Coordinates: | 51.4167°N 39°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1 January 2004[1] |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | VVD |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jos van Bree |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 19 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 5660–5667, 5730–5731 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 040, 0492 |
Geldrop-Mierlo (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˌɣɛldrɔp ˈmiːrloː/) is a municipality in southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. The municipality was created by the merger of the two former municipalities of Geldrop and Mierlo on 1 January 2004.
Geldrop-Mierlo had a population of in . It covers an area of NaNGeldrop-Mierlo}}. The two villages of Geldrop and Mierlo used to be separate municipalities, but joined together after threats from Helmond to take over Mierlo.
Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, June 2015
Over the years there have been several archaeological finds relating to prehistoric peoples who lived in or passed through the area. In the area of Geldrop, where over 10,000 years ago reindeerhunters of the so-called Ahrensburg culture placed their tents, two with engravings have been found, among other artefacts. On one of them a reindeerhorn have been represented, on the other one a dancing little girl, who is called 'venus van Mierlo'. In the south of Zesgehuchten (district of Geldrop) finds have been done which indicate on small settlements from the New Stone Age (round 3000 BC). Finds from the Roman Time and the early Middle Ages have been found off Genoenhuis and Hoog Geldrop (districts in Geldrop). In the autumn of 1989 nearby 't Zand (cemetery) archaeological unearthings has been carried out. These had a remarkable result. Four settlements were found from the late Roman Time and the Middle Ages: a period which covers the years between 350 and 1225.