Brabantse Stedenrij

Brabant metropolitan area
Megalopolis
Brabantse Stedenrij Brabantine City Row
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Coordinates:
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Largest Cities	Eindhoven Tilburg Breda 's-Hertogenbosch
Other Municipalities	List Helmond Oss Roosendaal Bergen op Zoom Oosterhout Waalwijk Veldhoven Etten-Leur Uden Veghel Boxtel Heusden Geldrop-Mierlo Valkenswaard
Area
• CMSA	2,436.37 km2 (940.69 sq mi)
• Land	2,375.38 km2 (917.14 sq mi)
• Water	60.99 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
Population (31 August 2015)
• CMSA	1,944,588
• Density	819/km2 (2,120/sq mi)

Brabantse Stedenrij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbraːbɑntsə ˌsteːdə(n)ˈrɛi̯], English: Brabantine City Row) is a polycentric city region in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Its population is about 2 million. The main cities are 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Eindhoven, Helmond and Tilburg. Other municipalities of the area are Bergen op Zoom, Oss and Roosendaal. The metropolitan region also includes other large towns such as Boxtel, Etten-Leur, Oosterhout, Uden, Veghel, Veldhoven and Waalwijk.

The Brabantse Stedenrij is well known for its innovative science, technology & engineering industry (e.g. Philips, DAF, VDL, Ciber, Atos, NXP, FEI and Thales in Eindhoven, ASML and Navteq in Veldhoven, Vanderlande and Alliance Boots in Veghel, Merck & Co., Aspen and B. Braun Medical in Oss, Fujifilm and Tesla Motors in Tilburg, Bosch Rexroth in Boxtel, and Acer Inc. in 's-Hertogenbosch), as well as for its rich agriculture and food industry (e.g. Mars Inc., Agrifirm, Royal Canin and FrieslandCampina's DMV in Veghel, Bavaria in Lieshout, Heineken in 's-Hertogenbosch, Coca-Cola in Dongen, Vion in Boxtel, and Unilever's Unox in Oss).

Population density of North Brabant.

Top 20 largest cities and towns of the Brabantse Stedenrij, 2012

Nº	City/town (BAG)	Population	Municipality	Population
1	Eindhoven	217,230	Eindhoven	217,230
2	Tilburg	188,580	Tilburg	207,585
3	Breda	145,045	Breda	176,400
4	's-Hertogenbosch	107,555	's-Hertogenbosch	141,895
5	Helmond	88,515	Helmond	88,515
6	Roosendaal	67,255	Roosendaal	77,415
7	Oss	57,475	Oss	84,635
8	Bergen op Zoom	51,725	Bergen op Zoom	66,105
9	Oosterhout	49,115	15px Oosterhout	53,995
10	Veldhoven	43,865	Veldhoven	43,865
11	Etten-Leur	42,055	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Etten-Leur	42,055
12	Uden	35,280	Uden	40,810
13	Rosmalen	34,340	's-Hertogenbosch	141,895
14	Waalwijk	31,620	Waalwijk	46,430
15	Veghel	31,032	15px Veghel	37,555
16	Valkenswaard	30,660	15px Valkenswaard	30,660
17	Best	28,700	Best	28,700
18	Geldrop	28,560	15px Geldrop-Mierlo	38,675
19	Boxtel	25,400	Boxtel	30,280
20	Vught	25,040	15px Vught	25,785

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  Eindhoven

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  Tilburg

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  Breda

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  's-Hertogenbosch

See also

• Metropolitan area
• Megalopolis
• North Brabant
• BrabantStad
• Randstad
• Eindhoven metropolitan region
• Uden Veghel metropolitan region
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