Gemert | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Native Name Lang: | nl |
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: | Gemert-Bakel |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Area Total Km2: | 19.92 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 16,820 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 5420-5422 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0492 |
Coordinates: | 51.5558°N 5.6867°W |
Gemert is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Gemert-Bakel.
Gemert was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Bakel.
The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).[3]
The population centres from Gemert are Handel, De Mortel and Elsendorp.Gemert also has a little chapel village called Esdonk and a Protestant mining village called Vossenberg.
The construction of the castle began in 1391. Till 1794 the castle was used by the German Order. In 1916 the castle was used as a mission monastic. The castle has a Castle Park in English style. In the park there is also the liberation monument from World War II.
Het Boerenbondsmuseum is a museum in Gemert. In this museum there are some objects and some buildings about the farmerpopulation near Gemert around 1900.
Gemert has two churches:
Gemert has also one monastery: