Heeze-Leende Explained

Heeze-Leende
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:100x67px
Map Alt:Highlighted position of Heeze-Leende in a municipal map of North Brabant
Coordinates:51.3833°N 40°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Netherlands
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:North Brabant
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1 January 1997[1]
Government Footnotes:[2]
Governing Body:Municipal council
Leader Party:VVD
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Paul Verhoeven
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation Footnotes:[3]
Elevation M:23
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Postal Code:5590–5595, 6029
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:040

Heeze-Leende (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˌɦeːzə ˈleːndə/) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven. It is known for Heeze Castle (Kasteel Heeze).

The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group and is very similar to colloquial Dutch.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heeze-Leende, June 2015

Notable people

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997 . Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997 . nl . cbs.nl . . 28 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Wie is wie . Who is who . nl . Gemeente Heeze-Leende . 28 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014230445/http://www.heeze-leende.nl/over-ons/wie-is-wie_41043/ . 14 October 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Postcodetool for 5591HS . nl . Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland . Het Waterschapshuis . 28 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool . 21 September 2013 .