Budel
Budel | |
|---|---|
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Cranendonck |
| Population (2007) | 9,000 |
Budel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck, 25 km outside Eindhoven. Kempen Airport is located near Budel.
Budel used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Maarheeze in 1997, and changed its name a year later to Cranendonck.[1] It is home to the Budelse Brouwerij, one of the country's largest microbreweries.[2]
South of the town the large zinc smelter of Nyrstar (named Umicore before 2007) is located.
Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
- ^ McFarland, Ben (2009). World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass. Sterling. p. 170. ISBN 9781402766947.
External links
- Template:Kuyper Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
51°16′N 5°35′E / 51.267°N 5.583°E
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