Editing Helmond (section)

=== 19th and 20th centuries ===
By the late 18th and early 19th century, local entrepreneurs also started to grow the textile business unassisted by the Haarlem merchants, facilitating industrial production. It became a city with a seat in the Estates of Brabant in 1814.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webmaster |first=Contentbooster |title=Helmondse bescheidenheid anno 1815 {{!}} Geschiedenis Helmond |url=https://www.geschiedenishelmond.nl/artikel/2315/Helmondse-bescheidenheid-anno-1815 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.geschiedenishelmond.nl |language=nl}}</ref> The 1826 opening of the [[Zuid-Willemsvaart]] canal, which runs through the city, brought more prosperity to the city. In addition to the weaving mills and the associated yarn dyeing and bleaching plants, other branches of the textile industry also developed, such as cotton printing. 

The introduction of steam power and construction of a railway station in 1866 greatly accelerated the development of Helmond, and its population greatly increased. By the early 20th century, industry in Helmond started to branch out from textiles: metal products, such as machines and wires, were produced in the city, along with a cocoa factory, a margarine factory, and the grocery chain EDAH.

In 1940, Helmond was captured by the [[Wehrmacht]], and its city administration was taken over by [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands|NSB]] collaborators. The city was liberated by the British Army on 24 and 25 September 1944.

After the war, industry once again flourished, with new companies establishing themselves in the city while old industries continued. Pursuing a modern image, prominent projects such as the Cube Houses were built. Helmond gained its 80,000th resident in 1999, and continues to grow.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naam Helmond, geschiedenis van stad en wapen op de Helmonder Site |url=https://www.helmonder.nl/HelmonderSite/geschiedenis.htm |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.helmonder.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roosenboom |first=Henk |title=Het Helmondboek |publisher=Waanders Uitgevers |year=2008 |isbn=978 90 400 8527 7 |location=Zwolle |language=Dutch}}</ref>

[[Image:Helmond Brandevoort De Plaetse 6-22.jpg|thumb|[[Brandevoort]], a new urban quarter of Helmond]]
The new quarter [[Brandevoort]] (built 1993 to 2017) is quite remarkable for its cohesive [[New Urbanism]] principles and the architecture adapting to the traditional local style of Brabant.