Boxmeer
Encyclopedia
Boxmeer is a municipality
and a town in the southern Netherlands
. It incorporates the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort
and that of Vierlingsbeek
.
, Maashees, Oeffelt
, Overloon
, Rijkevoort, Sambeek
, Vierlingsbeek
, Vortum-Mullem.
In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and a town in the southern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. It incorporates the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort
Beugen en Rijkevoort
Beugen en Rijkevoort is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. It covered the villages of Beugen and Rijkevoort.The municipality existed until 1942. The area is now part of the municipality Boxmeer....
and that of Vierlingsbeek
Vierlingsbeek
Vierlingsbeek is a village in the municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it also was a municipality of its own.The UN/LOCODE is NLVIE....
.
Population centres
Beugen, Boxmeer, Groeningen, HoltheesHolthees
Holthees is a very small town in the municipality of Boxmeer on the border of the Dutch provinces North Brabant and Limburg. It has 447 inhabitants and 167 houses...
, Maashees, Oeffelt
Oeffelt
Oeffelt is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Boxmeer, about 5 km north of the town of Boxmeer.Oeffelt was a separate municipality until 1994, when it became part of Boxmeer....
, Overloon
Overloon
Overloon, mun. Boxmeer, is a village in the Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. It is best known as the site of the National Museum of War and Resistance of the Netherlands, and for a World War II battle that occurred around the village in September and October 1944.As a result most of...
, Rijkevoort, Sambeek
Sambeek
Sambeek is a small town in the municipality of Boxmeer, . It has 1700 inhabitants. Sambeek was an independent municipality until 1942, when the municipality was divided between Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker and Vierlingsbeek....
, Vierlingsbeek
Vierlingsbeek
Vierlingsbeek is a village in the municipality of Boxmeer in North Brabant province of the Netherlands. Until it was included in Boxmeer in 1998, it also was a municipality of its own.The UN/LOCODE is NLVIE....
, Vortum-Mullem.
In Overloon is the Overloon War Museum
Overloon War Museum
The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands is located at Overloon, municipality Boxmeer....
.