Milheeze | |
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: | Gemert-Bakel |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 26 |
Area Total Km2: | 19.72 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 2,280 |
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: | 5763 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 0492 |
Coordinates: | 51.5022°N 5.7789°W |
Milheeze (dialect: Milles) is a village in the Dutch province North Brabant. Milheeze is part of the municipality Gemert-Bakel.
The village was first mentioned in 1332 as Milleis. The etymology is unclear.[3] Milheeze developed in the Late Middle Ages around a chapel. The chapel was replaced by the St Willibrordus Church in 1844-1845 which was built on the foundations of the chapel.[4]
Milheeze was home to 579 people in 1840.[5] The monastery Mariaoord was founded in Milheeze in 1935.[4] The village was part of the municipality Bakel en Milheeze until 1966 when it was merged into Gemert-Bakel.[5]