Boxtel

Boxtel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Boxtel
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Boxtel P1040881.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Boxtel town centre
Settlement.image_flag: Boxtel vlag.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Boxtel.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0757 (2021).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Boxtel in a municipal map of North Brabant
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Brabant
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Brabant
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: None
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Official website

Gemeente Boxtel

Op de officiële website van de gemeente Boxtel vraag je producten en diensten aan en vind je nieuws en informatie van de gemeente.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Demonym: Boxtelaar
Country: Netherlands
Located in: North Brabant
Capital: Boxtel
Population: 32973
Area: 64.77
Elevation: 8
Time zone: Central European Time
Body of water: Dommel
Shares border with: Sint-Michielsgestel
Official website: www.boxtel.nl
Image: Boxtel - 2011 - panoramio.jpg
Households: 12621
Dialing code: 0411

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contains settlement: Esch
Commons category: Boxtel
postal code: 5298
topic's main category: Category:Boxtel
Commons gallery: Boxtel
category of associated people: Category:People from Boxtel
replaces: Haaren
email address: mailto:[email protected]
twinned administrative body: Wittlich
phone number: +31411655911

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Boxtel () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. The name derives from Buchestelle and is presumably a combination of 'stelle' (Dutch for stable, safe place) and (deer) buck.

This is the origin of the Van Boxtel family, which has numerous descendants in North Brabant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boxtel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.