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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
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...
of Deurne
Deurne (Netherlands)
Deurne is a rural municipality and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne has a population of almost 32.000 on an area of 118.02 km2....
, about 20 km east of Eindhoven.
Vlierden was a separate municipality until 1926, when it merged with Deurne en Liessel
Deurne en Liessel
Deurne en Liessel is a former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It contained the villages of Deurne and Liessel.Deurne en Liessel merged in 1926 with the municipality of Vlierden, to form the new municipality of "Deurne"....
to form the new municipality "Deurne".