Haaren, North Brabant

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Haaren
Municipality
Former seminary Haarendael in Haaren
Former seminary Haarendael in Haaren
Flag of Haaren
Flag
Coat of arms of Haaren
Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Location in North Brabant
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Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Government[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Jeannette Zwijnenburg-van der Vliet (VVD)
Area[2]
 • Total 58.56 km2 (22.61 sq mi)
 • Land 57.72 km2 (22.29 sq mi)
 • Water 0.84 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 8 m (26 ft)
Population (May 2014)[4]
 • Total 13,594
 • Density 236/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 5074–5076, 5268, 5296
Area code 013, 0411
Website www.haaren.nl

Haaren (<phonos file="197 Haaren.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.

Haaren is known as 'The Garden of Brabant' because of the many plantations of trees, plants etc. The municipality of Haaren contains three other villages: Helvoirt, Esch, and Biezenmortel. An unusual thing about Haaren is that it belongs to two regions, Tilburg and 's-Hertogenbosch.

Population centres

(Population in 2003)

Topography

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Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Haaren, June 2015

References

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External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website

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