Haaren, North Brabant

Haaren
Haaren
	Municipality
	Former seminary Haarendael in Haaren
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in North Brabant
	Coordinates: 51°36′N 5°14′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Yves de Boer (acting) (VVD)
Area [1]
• 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 [2]	8 m (26 ft)
Population (January 2019)[3]
• Total	14,195
• Density	246/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5074–5076, 5268, 5296
Area code	013, 0411
Website	www.haaren.nl

Haaren (pronunciation ) 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

Biezenmortel (1,498)
Esch (2,225)
Haaren (5,584)
Helvoirt (4,741)

(Population in 2003)

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Haaren, June 2015

References

"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
"Postcodetool for 5076AV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

Media related to Haaren at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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[1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 5076AV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[3] "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.