Den Dungen is a village in the Dutch

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...

 province of North Brabant

North Brabant

North Brabant , sometimes called Brabant, is a province of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country, bordered by Belgium in the south, the Meuse River in the north, Limburg in the east and Zeeland in the west.- History :...

. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel

Sint-Michielsgestel

Sint-Michielsgestel is a municipality and a town in the southern part of the Netherlands.Sint-Michielsgestel is located directly south of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of North Brabant province. Its name refers to archangel St...

 next to the village Maaskantje

Maaskantje

Maaskantje is a village in the Dutch province North Brabant. The village is part of the municipality Sint-Michielsgestel, south east of 's-Hertogenbosch....

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Den Dungen was a separate municipality until 1996, when it was merged with Sint-Michielsgestel.

Den Dungen is a twin town of Portishead, Somerset

Portishead, Somerset

Portishead is a coastal town on the Severn Estuary within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset England. It has a population of 22,000, an increase of over 3,000 since the 2001 census, with a growth rate of 40 per cent, considerably in excess...

 in England

England

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In popular culture

The town is known in the Netherlands and in other countries as the shooting location of the Comedy Central

Comedy Central Netherlands

Comedy Central Netherlands is a Dutch speaking television channel equivalent to Comedy Central. The channel is available on cable, digital terrestrial and satellite operators in the Netherlands. It broadcasts many imports as well as original programming...

 sketch show New Kids

New Kids

New Kids is a Dutch comedy sketch show about a group of anti social youths from Maaskantje.The show was first shown on Flabber.nl, a Dutch weblog. Later it was picked up by 101 TV and Comedy Central...

, which is situated in Maaskantje.

External links

Map of the former municipality, around 1868.