Hilvarenbeek | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 100x67px |
Map Alt: | Highlighted position of Hilvarenbeek in a municipal map of North Brabant |
Coordinates: | 51.4833°N 13°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | North Brabant |
Governing Body: | Municipal council |
Leader Party: | PvdA |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Harrie Nuijten (acting) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 18 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode |
Postal Code: | 5080–5089 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 013 |
Hilvarenbeek (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ɦɪlˌvaːrə(n)ˈbeːk/) is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.
The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.
In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.
The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches:In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods:
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.