Made, Netherlands Explained

Made
Settlement Type:Village
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:Drimmelen
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:2.0
Area Total Km2:11.46
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:12,470
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:4921
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:0162
Coordinates:51.6764°N 4.7925°W

Made is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Drimmelen, about 10 km northeast of Breda.

History

The village was first mentioned in 1321 as die Made, and means hay land.[3] Until the 14th century, Made was part of the meadows of Geertruidenberg and was considered part of the city until 1795.[4]

The Dutch Reformed church dates from 1512. In 1944, it was damaged by war and restored in 1952. The Catholic St. Bernardus Church was built in 1870.[4] Made was home to 1,104 people in 1840.[5]

Between 1997 and 1998, "Made" was the name of a municipality, created in the merger of the former municipalities of Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Made en Drimmelen, and Terheijden. In 1998, the name of the municipality was changed to "Drimmelen".[6]

Made lies along the highway A59, which puts it in close range of both the A16 and the A27.

Made has public sports associations for soccer, scouting, tennis and hockey, as well as for several indoor sports like badminton, table tennis and gymnastics. There is an outdoor public swimming pool the "Randoet", which opens only between May and October.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Postcodetool for 4921AA . 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. Web site: Made - (geografische naam) . Etymologiebank . 16 April 2022 . nl.
  4. Book: Made . Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert. 1997 . Waanders . Zwolle . 90-400-9945-6 . 16 April 2022 . nl.
  5. Web site: Made . Plaatsengids . 16 April 2022 . nl.
  6. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. Web site: KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina . 2009-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 . 2007-02-20 .