Editing North Brabant (section)

=== Municipalities ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Municipalities of the Netherlands]] -->
North Brabant has been divided into 56 municipalities since 2022. Traditionally, almost every town was a separate municipality, but their number was reduced greatly in the 1990s by incorporating smaller towns into neighbouring cities or by other mergers. The municipalities in North Brabant are:
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*West North Brabant [[COROP]] group
**[[Bergen op Zoom]]
**[[Breda]]
**[[Drimmelen]]
**[[Etten-Leur]]
**[[Geertruidenberg]]
**[[Halderberge]]
**[[Moerdijk]]
**[[Oosterhout]]
**[[Roosendaal]]
**[[Rucphen]]
**[[Steenbergen]]
**[[Woensdrecht]]
**[[Zundert]]
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*Mid North Brabant [[COROP]] group
**[[Alphen-Chaam]]
**[[Altena, North Brabant|Altena]]
**[[Baarle-Nassau]]
**[[Dongen]]
**[[Gilze en Rijen]]
**[[Goirle]]
**[[Hilvarenbeek]]
**[[Loon op Zand]]
**[[Oisterwijk]]
**[[Tilburg]]
**[[Waalwijk]]
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*North East North Brabant [[COROP]] group
**[[Bernheze]]
**[[Boekel]]
**[[Boxtel]]
**[['s-Hertogenbosch]]
**[[Heusden]]
**[[Land van Cuijk]]
**[[Maashorst]]
**[[Meierijstad]]
**[[Oss]]
**[[Sint-Michielsgestel (municipality)|Sint-Michielsgestel]]
**[[Vught]]
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*South East Brabant [[COROP]] group
**[[Asten, Netherlands|Asten]]
**[[Bergeijk]]
**[[Best, Netherlands|Best]]
**[[Bladel]]
**[[Cranendonck]]
**[[Deurne, North Brabant|Deurne]]
**[[Eersel]]
**[[Eindhoven]]
**[[Geldrop-Mierlo]]
**[[Gemert-Bakel]]
**[[Heeze-Leende]]
**[[Helmond]]
**[[Laarbeek]]
**[[Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten]]
**[[Oirschot]]
**[[Reusel-De Mierden]]
**[[Someren]]
**[[Son en Breugel]]
**[[Valkenswaard]]
**[[Veldhoven]]
**[[Waalre]]
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[[File:NB-COROPs.png|thumb|COROPs in North Brabrant|961px|center]]

==== Municipal reclassifications ====
The following municipal reclassifications took place in the 21st century:

On 1 January 2003 the municipality of [[Ravenstein, Netherlands|Ravenstein]] merged into the existing municipality of [[Oss]].<br/ >
On 1 January 2004 the municipalities of [[Geldrop]] and [[Mierlo]] merged into a new municipality called [[Geldrop-Mierlo]].<br/ >
On 1 January 2011 the municipality of [[Lith, North Brabant|Lith]] merged into the existing municipality of [[Oss]].<br/ >
On 1 January 2015 the municipality of [[Maasdonk]] merged into the existing municipalities of [['s-Hertogenbosch]] and [[Oss]].<br/ >
On 1 January 2017 the municipalities of [[Veghel]], [[Schijndel]], and [[Sint-Oedenrode]] merged into a new municipality called [[Meierijstad]], creating the largest municipality of the province of North Brabant in terms of land area.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2016/52/in-twintig-jaar-bijna-240-gemeenten-minder|title=In twintig jaar bijna 240 gemeenten minder|last=CBS|website=www.cbs.nl|date=30 December 2016 |language=nl-NL|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref><br/ >
On 1 January 2019 the municipalities of [[Aalburg]], [[Werkendam]], and [[Woudrichem]] merged into a new municipality called [[Altena, North Brabant|Altena]], an even larger municipality in terms of land area.<br/ > 
On 1 January 2021 the municipality of [[Haaren, North Brabant|Haaren]] merged into the existing municipalities of [[Boxtel]], [[Oisterwijk]], [[Tilburg]], and [[Vught]].<br/ >
On 1 January 2022 the municipalities of [[Landerd]] and [[Uden]] merged into the new municipality of [[Maashorst]], and the municipalities of [[Boxmeer]], [[Cuijk (municipality)|Cuijk]], [[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]], [[Mill en Sint Hubert]], and [[Sint Anthonis]] merged into the new municipality of [[Land van Cuijk]].