Milheeze

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands

51°30′8″N 5°46′44″E / 51.50222°N 5.77889°E / 51.50222; 5.77889CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityGemert-BakelArea

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• Total19.72 km² (7.61 sq mi)Elevation

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26 m (85 ft)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total2,280 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

5763^[1]

Dialing code0492

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]

Gallery

Wind mill Laurentiamolen
School in Milheeze

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 5763AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ "Milheeze (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Chris Kolman & Ronald Stenvert (1997). Milheeze (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9945 6. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Milheeze". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.