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's-Hertogenbosch

s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest city by population. The city is directly south of the Maas river and near the Waal.

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's-Hertogenbosch is a city and big city in the Netherlands, located in the administrative territorial entity of 's-Hertogenbosch within North Brabant. It serves as the capital of North Brabant and 's-Hertogenbosch. The city shares borders with Heusden, Maasdriel, Sint-Michielsgestel, and Vught. Its coordinates are 51.7, 5.3166666666667, and it sits at an elevation of 6 meters above sea level. The area covers 59.5 square units.

The population is recorded as 158,753, with another source listing 160,783. 's-Hertogenbosch has twinned administrative bodies in Focșani, Trier, and Leuven. It was established in 1185 and operates in the UTC+01:00 time zone, also referred to as Europe/Amsterdam. The local dialing code is 073, and postal codes range from 5200 to 5249. The city is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 50 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: 's-Hertogenbosch
Region: Noord-Brabant
Country: Nederland
Population: 160,783
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam

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PM2.5: 8.5 µg/m³
PM10: 11.9 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: 's-Hertogenbosch
Settlement.other_name: Den Bosch
Settlement.settlement_type: City and municipality
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_'s-Hertogenbosch.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: S-Hertogenbosch wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of 's-Hertogenbosch in a municipal map of North Brabant
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Brabant
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Europe
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the Netherlands##Location within Europe
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Brabant
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council