Gilze en Rijen

Template:Infobox settlement Gilze en Rijen (Template:IPA) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot. It is home to the Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its leather factories.Template:Citation needed

Population centres

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, June 2015

Railway Station: Gilze-Rijen

The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gilze en Rijen has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Gilze en Rijen, Netherlands</ref>

On 24 July 2019, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached as high as Template:Cvt, the highest temperature ever recorded in The Netherlands until it was surpassed by Eindhoven the same day.<ref>Hoogste temperatuur ooit in Nederland: 39,2 graden gemeten in Gilze-Rijen</ref><ref>Eindhoven hitterecordhouder met 39,3 graden, Gilze-Rijen en Ell op 39,2</ref> However, a day later, on 25 July, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached Template:Cvt, making it the first place ever in The Netherlands where Template:Cvt was measured and took away the record back from Eindhoven.<ref>Historisch heet: 40+ in vijf provincies, ook hitterecords in andere EU-landen</ref> Climate change was found to be the culprit of such hot temperatures in Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Weather box

Jeroen Blijlevens, 2006

Marcellin Theeuwes (1936 in Gilze en Rijen – 2019) was a Dutch Carthusian monk
Jacques Theeuwes (born 1944 in Rijen) a Dutch economist, accountant and academic
Henriette van Lynden-Leijten (1950 in Gilze en Rijen – 2010) a Dutch Baroness and diplomat to Bulgaria and the Vatican

Janus Theeuwes (1886 in Gilze en Rijen – 1975) an archer, gold medallist in the 1920 Summer Olympics
Joep van den Ouweland (born 1984 in Gilze en Rijen) is a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
Cees Doorakkers (born 1963 in Gilze) a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971 in Gilze en Rijen) a retired road bicycle racer