Coordinates: 51°34′N 4°38′E

Etten-Leur
Etten-Leur (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɛtə(n) ˈløːr] ( listen)) is
a municipality in the Dutch province North Brabant. Its Etten-Leur
name is a combination of the two villages from which the
Municipality
municipality originally acrose: Etten and Leur.

Contents
History
Topography
Education
Transportation Street (Markt) in Etten-Leur

Notable people
Gallery
References
Notes Flag Coat of arms
Sources
External links

History
The villages were always part of one municipality,
originally called "Etten c.a." (cum annexis), this later to Location in North Brabant
change to "Etten en Leur". The current name was adopted Coordinates: 51°34′N 4°38′E
in 1968. By that time, the villages had grown into one. Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Both villages, created in the Middle Ages, were relatively
prosperous during the period of the Dutch Republic, the Government[1]
exception being the period of the Eighty Years' War in  • Body Municipal council
which the area was a major battleground.[5] This  • Mayor Miranda de Vries
prosperity was caused by the fact that Etten was a centre (PvdA)
for the production of peat,[6] and Leur was a local trading Area[2]
port, as it had a harbour.  • Total 55.92 km2
(21.59 sq mi)
Decline in economic importance marked both villages  • Land 55.30 km2
during the nineteenth century. In 1836 Arnold Damen left (21.35 sq mi)
Leur in order to work as a missionary in the United States.  • Water 0.62 km2
The painter Vincent van Gogh briefly lived in Etten,[7] (0.24 sq mi)
making him the most famous citizen in the history of Etten Elevation[3] 8 m (26 ft)
and Leur. During World War II, the two villages were freed
from German occupation in late October 1944 by elements Population (January 2019)[4]
of the U.S. 104th Infantry Division.  • Total 43,774
The economic decline was halted when, in 1950, the Dutch  • Density 792/km2
government decided to encourage population growth and (2,050/sq mi)
industrial development. As a result of this development, Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
both towns have grown towards each other and merged  • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
into one: Etten-Leur. Postcode 4870–4879
Area code 076
Topography Website www.etten-leur.nl
(http://www.etten-le
ur.nl)

Dutch topographic map of Etten-

Leur (town), March 2014

Education
Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Etten-Leur, a Catholic high school
Munnikenheide College

Transportation
Etten-Leur railway station

Notable people
Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797 in Etten – 1871) a Dutch politician; Finance Minister 1840/1843
and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1845/1851
Peter de Clercq (born 1959 in Etten-Leur) a Dutch diplomat, who currently works with the
United Nations
Stef Broks (born 1981 in Etten-Leur) a Dutch drummer, played with Textures
Danny van Trijp (born 1996 in Etten-Leur) a Dutch Darts player, who currently plays in PDC
events
 Vincent van Gogh opened his first art studio in Etten in 1881. His career as an artist began in
Etten.

Gallery

Church: de Sint Port: de Leurse Haven Windmill: de Zwartenbergse Windmill in

Lambertuskerk molen modern quarter

Factory (Hill's Pet Nutrition

Manufacturing BV) at de
Mark

References

Notes
1. "Het college van burgemeester en wethouders" (http://www.etten-leur.nl/Bestuur/Alle_onderwer
pen/College_van_B_W/Het_college_van_burgemeester_en_wethouders_samenstelling_per_1
2_mei_2014) [The board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Etten-Leur. Retrieved
4 January 2018.
2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" (https://opendata.cbs.nl/statline/#/CBS/nl/dataset/84799N
ED/table?dl=41062) [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July
2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
3. "Postcodetool for 4875AA" (http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool). Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
(in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" (http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLN
L&PA=37230NED&D1=17-18&D2=57-650&D3=l&LA=EN&HDR=T&STB=G1,G2&VW=T)
[Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019.
Retrieved 1 January 2019.
5. "Grensbataljon [Zuidfront Holland - Mei 1940]" (http://www.zuidfront-holland1940.nl/index.php?
page=6e-grensbataljon-4). www.zuidfront-holland1940.nl. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
 6. deoranjeboom.nl (PDF) https://deoranjeboom.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Jb-33-1980-
01.pdf (https://deoranjeboom.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Jb-33-1980-01.pdf). Retrieved
2019-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "Location Etten-Leur, Van Gogh Church - Van Gogh Brabant" (http://www.vangoghbrabant.nl/e
n/locaties/etten-leur). www.vangoghbrabant.nl. Retrieved 2019-01-14.

Sources
Information about the history of Etten-Leur has been retrieved from the Regional Archive of
Western Brabant (https://web.archive.org/web/20070311033931/http://www.regionaalarchiefwe
stbrabant.nl/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=56&PHPSESSID=46b1484b
52ff1af73eb0dfff60bd7226) and Info Etten-Leur (https://etten-leur.startpagina.nl/)

External links
Media related to Etten-Leur at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (http://www.etten-leur.nl)

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