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Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oirschot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːrsxɔt] ; Orskot in the local dialect) is a municipality and town in the province of North Brabant (Noord-Brabant) in the southern Netherlands. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Eindhoven and 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Tilburg. The municipality had a population of 18,842 in 2021.
Oirschot | |
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Coordinates: 51°30′N 5°18′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Brabant |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Judith Keijzers-Verschelling (CDA) |
Area | |
• Total | 102.84 km2 (39.71 sq mi) |
• Land | 101.78 km2 (39.30 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 18,842 |
• Density | 185/km2 (480/sq mi) |
Demonym | Oirschottenaar |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 5090–5091, 5688–5689 |
Area code | 013, 0499 |
Website | www |
There are more than 300 monuments in the municipality Oirschot.
Some of the historic buildings in the town of Oirschot are:
Monuments outside the town include:
Among the festivals held in Oirschot every year are:
The municipal elections in March 2022 resulted in the following make-up of the City Council (17 seats in total):[5]
The mayor of the municipality is Judith Keijzers-Verschelling, a member of the CDA political party.
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