Luyksgestel | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands#Europe |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Bergeijk |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 39 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.28 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2,480 |
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: | 5575 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0497 |
Coordinates: | 51.29°N 5.3239°W |
Luyksgestel (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈlœy̯ks.ˌɣɛ.stəl/) is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the province of North Brabant, within the municipality of Bergeijk.
It was first mentioned in 1343 as Gastel, and means "guest house". Luik (French: Liège) has been added to distinguish from Moergestel.[3]
For centuries, Luyksgestel was a part of the territories of the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium and surroundings). Until the French revolution it was an exclave of the Bishopric of Liège. Subsequently, until 1819, it belonged to the United kingdom of the Netherlands' province of Antwerp, and only then it was transferred to where it currently belongs: the province of North Brabant, in exchange for Lommel, a neighbouring Brabantian town that was put into the province of Limburg. Luyksgestel was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of the municipality Bergeijk.