Veldhoven

This article is about a Dutch municipality. For the Dutch conductor, see Jos van Veldhoven .

Veldhoven municipality

flag	coat of arms
province	North Brabant
mayor	Marcel Delhez ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality	Veldhoven
Area  - land  - water	31.92  km 2 31.72 km 2 0.20 km 2
CBS code	0861
Residents	45,397 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density	1422 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates	51 ° 25 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 25 '  N , 5 ° 24'  E
Important traffic route
prefix	040
Postcodes	5500-5509
Website	Homepage of Veldhoven

Veldhoven, mill: De Adriaan windmills

Veldhoven ( listen ^{? / I} ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . It is located west of Eindhoven , east of Eersel and north of Waalre .

In 1996 the 75th anniversary of the “new” municipality Veldhoven was celebrated. On this occasion, the "Dreigemeindenpunkt", that is the place where the former municipalities (Oerle, Veldhoven en Meerveldhoven and Zeelst), which now form the municipality of Veldhoven, met, was specially marked. Of the former parishes, Oerle has retained its own character most clearly. There is a parrot sanctuary there, which can be visited daily.

Districts with the settlement areas

Veldhoven en Meerveldhoven

Cobbeek en Centrum, d'Ekker, Koningshof / Heers, 't Look, Meerveldhoven, Veldhoven Dorp and Zonderwijk.

Oerle

Groote Aard en Vliet, Heikant-West, De Kelen (partially), Oerle, Scherpenering en Landsaard (partially), Zandoerle and Zittard.

Zeelst

Heikant-Ost, De Kelen (partially), De Polders, Scherpenering en Landsaard (partially) and Zeelst.

economy

The headquarters of ASML (manufacturer of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry ), which is also by far the largest employer in Veldhoven, is located in Veldhoven.

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

• Veldhoven seeds Anders, 7 seats
• PvdA , 7 seats
• CDA , 5 seats
• Community affairs, 4 seats
• VVD , 4 seats
• Fraktie Kootkar , 1 seat

Sons and daughters of the church

• Bas Heymans (* 1960), comic artist
• Mau Heymans (* 1961), comic artist
• Maran van Erp (* 1990), soccer player
• Milou van der Heijden (* 1990), squash player
• Sacha van Agt (* 1994), track and field athlete
• Lisa Schut (* 1994), chess player

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality (Dutch, English)
• Parrot Park website (Dutch, German, English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nieuwe burgemeester in Veldhoven. In: rijksoverheid.nl. Rijksoverheid, November 6, 2018, accessed February 6, 2019 (Dutch). 
2. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)