Steenbergen
| Steenbergen | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°35′N 4°15′E / 51.583°N 4.25°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | North Brabant | ||
| Area(2006) | |||
| • Total | 158.79 km2 (61.31 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 146.61 km2 (56.61 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 12.18 km2 (4.70 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2007) | |||
| • Total | 23,307 | ||
| • Density | 159/km2 (410/sq mi) | ||
| Source: CBS, Statline. | |||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
Steenbergen (
pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands.
The municipality has 23,202 inhabitants (May 31, 2009, source: CBS) and covers an area of 160 km ² (of which 10 km ² water). The municipality is mainly agricultural, but the capital of Steenbergen and town of Dinteloord also contain some light industry.
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[edit] Population centres
- Steenbergen (population: 12,440)
- Dinteloord (5,680)
- Nieuw-Vossemeer (2,400)
- Kruisland (2,340)
- De Heen (580)
It also includes the hamlet of t'Haantje.
[edit] The city of Steenbergen
Steenbergen received city rights in 1272.
[edit] Graves of Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick
Guy Gibson, Wing Commander and the first CO of the RAF's 617 Squadron which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, crashed with his Mosquito aircraft in this municipality. Having returned to operational duties in 1944 after pestering Bomber Command, Gibson was killed along with his navigator Sqn Ldr Jim Warwick, on a bombing raid on Rheydt (nowadays a borough of Mönchengladbach) operating as a Pathfinder Master Bomber based at RAF Coningsby, when his de Havilland Mosquito XX, KB267, crashed near Steenbergen on 19 September 1944, aged 26. It was assumed for many years that he had been shot down, but following the discovery of the wreckage of his plane, it was found that a fault with the fuel tank selector had meant that the aircraft had simply run out of fuel.[citation needed] An eye-witness account detailed how his aircraft circled Steenbergen, and then heard its engines 'splutter and stop'.[1] The graves are located in the RC cemetery of Steenbergen. A street has been named after Gibson, and one of the aircraft's propellers is located in the city park.
[edit] Gallery
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Steenbergen, church: Gumaruskerk
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Steenbergen, watertower
[edit] References
- ^ 'Bomber Barons', Chaz Bowyer (1983) page 165
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 51°35′N 4°15′E / 51.583°N 4.25°E
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