Gemert Explained

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]

Population centres

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.

Notable people born in Gemert

Places of interest

Castle and Castle Park

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.

Museums

Het Boerenbondsmuseum is a museum in Gemert. In this museum there are some objects and some buildings about the farmerpopulation near Gemert around 1900.

Religious buildings

Gemert has two churches:

Gemert has also one monastery:

References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 5421AA . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 16 April 2022 .
  2. Web site: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 . Central Bureau of Statistics . 16 April 2022.
  3. Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants,