Kerk van Heeze

Heeze-Leende (Sound fragment pronunciation (info / explanation)) (Brabant: Héésj-Lint) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant. It was formed on 1 January 1997 from the municipalities of Heeze and Leende and the village of Sterksel that belonged to the municipality of Maarheeze. The municipality has 15,965 inhabitants (1 January 2019, source: CBS) and has an area of ​​105.12 km² (of which 0.83 km² water). The municipality of Heeze-Leende is part of the SRE framework law area.

Quick Facts

Topographic municipal map of Heeze-Leende, June 2019
The municipality of Heeze-Leende borders the municipalities of Geldrop-Mierlo, Someren, Cranendonck, Hamont-Achel, Valkenswaard, Waalre, Eindhoven.

Cores
Brugger houses, Euvelwegen, Heeze (town hall), Heezerenbosch, Kerkhof, Kreijl, Leende, Leenderstrijp, Oosterik, Rul, Sterksel, Ginderover, Strabrecht and Ven.

Outside area
The outside area consists mainly of nature areas such as the Strabrechtse Heide, the Herbertusbossen, the Leenderbos and the Groote Heide. In the municipality are also the hamlet of Bruggerhuizen on the Tongelreep and the part of the Achelse Kluis in the Netherlands. The zoning plan for the outlying area was established in 2009 and was therefore the first zoning plan for the outlying area of ​​the province of Noord-Brabant that was established under the New Spatial Planning Act. Heeze-Leende likes to call itself the most natural town in Noord-Brabant.

Culture
Every year at the end of August, Heeze hosts the Brabant Day cultural festival, all kinds of cultural activities for a week and the unique historical parade on the last Sunday of August. The Heezenaar Berry Knapen has been three times in succession Brabant champion barrel talk, the Sterkselnaar Rob Scheepers has been this one time.

Monuments
In the municipality there are a number of national monuments, municipal monuments and war monuments, see:

List of national monuments in Heeze-Leende
List of municipal monuments in Heeze-Leende
List of war monuments in Heeze-Leende
Art in the public space
In the municipality of Heeze-Leende various statues, sculptures and objects have been placed in the public space, see: