Editing Sint-Oedenrode (section)

===Post-war era===

In the twentieth century mainly the growth of ''N.V. ODA Steel Works'' and ''Ovenbouw v/h H.J. van de Kamp'', later ''N.V. ODA Steel Furniture'' (now part of the multinational [[Royal Ahrend]]) created employment in Sint-Oedenrode.<ref>POLL, HARRY
Van dorpssmidse tot grootbedrijf. Gedenkboek N.V. Oda-Staalwerk v.h. H.J. van de Kamp St. Oedenrode. 1905-1955.</ref> 
Sint-Oedenrode is regularly erroneously referred to as rural municipality. 
As a former [[market town]] the urbanization had already begun at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries. 
The excessive urbanization is evident from the fact that in 1930 already more than half of the population was not engaged in agriculture. 
After neighboring municipalities [[Schijndel]] and [[Veghel]], Sint-Oedenrode was at the time the third most industrialized town of eastern North-Brabant.
Around 1950 Sint-Oedenrode lost its third place to [[Uden]], which began to develop quickly after it was designated as a core congregation. 
In 1956 only 30% of the inhabitants of Sint-Oedenrode was involved in agriculture.