Laarbeek

Laarbeek municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Frank van der Meijden ( CDA )
Seat of the municipality	Beek en Donk
Area  - land  - water	56.17  km 2 55.36 km 2 0.81 km 2
CBS code	1659
Residents	22,354 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	398 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  E
Important traffic route
prefix	0492, 0499
Postcodes	5735, 5737-5738, 5741
Website	laarbeek.nl

Laarbeek ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The municipality was created on January 1st 1997 through the merger of the previous municipalities Aarle-Rixtel, Beek en Donk and Lieshout . The Zuid-Willemsvaart canal crosses the municipality. The Wilhelminakanal begins in the municipality between Aarle-Rixtel and Beek en Donk. It runs above Eindhoven and Tilburg to Oosterhout .

Districts

Villages

In brackets the population figures as of January 1, 2018:

• Aarle-Rixtel (5,610)
• Beek en Donk (10,320)
• Lieshout (4,275)
• Mariahout (1,965)

Further settlement areas

Achterbosch, Beemdkant, Broek, Croy, De Hei, Deense Hoek, Ginderdoor, Groenewoud, Heikant, Het Hool, Het Laar, 't Hof, Kruisschot, Scheepstal, Strijp and Wolfsputten

photos

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  Beek en Donk, church (de Sint Michaëlkerk) in the street

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  Beek en Donk, drawbridge on the Oranjelaan

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  Aarle-Rixtel, Petit & Fritsen bell foundry

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  Aarle-Rixtel, street picture: Kouwenberg-Dorpsstraat

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  Lieshout, "de Leest" windmill

Name of the parish

The community name "Laarbeek" was chosen on March 8, 1994 from many names. The residents of the previous parishes that made up Laarbeek were able to submit a new name for the parish. Other suggestions were: Beek en Donk, Bextelhout, Groenewoud, Grotendonk and Laarlanden.

The name Laarbeek is a combination of the word components “Laar” (named after “Het Laar”, which is the center of the municipality) and “Beek” (named after the various streams that flow through the municipality).

In addition, the name Laarbeek consists of parts of the earlier municipalities:

• "L" comes from Lieshout
• “Aar” comes from Aarle-Rixtel
• "Beek" comes from Beek en Donk

politics

The Partij Nieuw Laarbeek won the seventh local election in the history of the municipality on March 21, 2018 with over two fifths of the votes. During the 2018–2022 legislative period it forms a coalition with Algemeen Belang Laarbeek , the CDA , the PvdA and De Werkgroep .

Municipal council

Local election on March 21, 2018

Turnout: 55.47%

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

42.2

20.7

17.1

11.3

5.8

2.9

PNL ^a

DWG ^b

OJ ^c

CDA

PvdA

DL ^f

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-3.7

-3.3

+1.4

+2.9

-0.1

+2.9

PNL ^a

DWG ^b

OJ ^c

CDA

PvdA

DL ^f

Remarks:

^a Partij Nieuw Laarbeek

^b De Werkgroep

^c Algemeen Belang Laarbeek

^f Democratic Laarbeek

The local council has been formed as follows since Laarbeek was founded:

Political party	Seats
	1996	1999	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018
Partij Nieuw Laarbeek	4th	4th	5	6th	7th	9	9
De Werkgroep	2	2	2	4th	4th	5	4th
Algemeen Belang Laarbeek	3	4th	3	2	3	3	3
CDA	3	2	3	3	3	1	2
PvdA	2	2	2	3	1	1	1
Hart voor Laarbeek	-			-	-	-	-
VVD	1	2	2	-	1	-	-
Dorps concerns a	3	2	2	1	-	-	-
GroenLinks	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
total	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th

Remarks

^aThe voter group Dorpsbelangen joined the Partij Nieuw Laarbeek in the local elections in 2010 .

College van B&W

The coalition parties Algemeen Belang Laarbeek , CDA, Partij Nieuw Laarbeek , PvdA and De Werkgroep are each represented by an alderman in the College van burgemeester en wethouders . The following people belong to the college:

function	Surname	Political party	annotation
mayor	Frank van der Meijden	CDA	in office since June 27, 2016
Alderman	Ria van der Zanden-Swinkels	Partij Nieuw Laarbeek	first deputy mayor
	Joan Briels	De Werkgroep	second deputy mayor
	Monika Slaets-Sonneveldt	Algemeen Belang Laarbeek	third deputy mayor
	Tonny Meulensteen	CDA	fourth deputy mayor
	Greet Buter	PvdA	fifth deputy mayor
Community Secretary	Myriam Meertens	-	in office since June 2015

Personalities

Well-known sons and daughters of the community

• Piet Damen (* 1934), racing cyclist, born in Lieshout
• Eddy Bouwmans (* 1968), racing cyclist, born in Aarle-Rixtel
• Guus Meeuwis (* 1972), pop singer, born in Mariahout

Other personalities who worked on site

• Jacques de Croÿ (around 1436–1516), Prince-Bishop of Cambrai and patron of the arts, had Croy Castle built

Web links

Commons : Laarbeek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
2. ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , February 1, 2019, accessed on March 4, 2019 (Dutch)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the local elections: 1996–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on March 4, 2019 (Dutch)
4. ↑ Samstelling college van B&W . In: laarbeek.nl . Gemeente Laarbeek, accessed March 4, 2019 (Dutch)