Editing Bladel

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Bladel
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]] and [[town]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Bladel, het gemeentehuis IMG 7529 2020-09-14 14.23.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Townhall in Bladel
| image_flag              = Flag of Bladel.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Bladel wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1728 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Bladel in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|22|N|5|13|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1997<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/1997/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997
 |language = nl
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |access-date = 26 May 2014}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Remco Bosma]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Bladel}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Bladel}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Bladel}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 5531BC
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 1 May 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 32
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Bladel}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Bladel}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 5527–5534
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0497
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.bladel.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Bladel''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈblaːdəl|-|179 Bladel.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and [[town]] in the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[North Brabant]], Southern [[Netherlands]]. In 2019, it had a population of 20,175.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* '''Bladel'''
* Casteren
* Hapert
* [[Hoogeloon]]
* Netersel
}}
===Topography===
[[File:2013-Bladel.jpg|380px]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Bladel, 2013.''

==Notable residents==
[[File:Roy Beerens.jpg|125px|thumb|Roy Beerens, 2008]]
* [[Jan Renier Snieders]] (1812 in Bladel – 1888) a Flemish writer
* [[August Snieders]] (1825 in Bladel – 1904) a Flemish journalist and writer
* [[Corky de Graauw]] (born 1951 in Bladel) a former Dutch ice hockey player, competed at the [[1980 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alain van Katwijk]] (born 1979 in Bladel) a former Dutch cyclist
* [[Roy Beerens]] (born 1987 in Bladel) a Dutch professional footballer with 320 club caps

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Bladel, de toren van de vroegere kerk van Sint Petrus'Banden RM9576 IMG 7519 2020-09-14 14.11.jpg|Tower former church 
File:Antonius van Padua en Brigidakerk Netersel.jpg|Antonius van Padua en Brigidakerk Netersel
File:Overzicht - Hapert - 20331793 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht - Hapert
File:Hapertse molen.jpg|Hapertse molen
File:Pastorie Casteren.jpg|Pastorie bij de Sint-Willibrordkerk in Casteren
File:Overzicht kapel gezien vanaf de andere kant van het water - Hoogeloon - 20528516 - RCE (cropped).jpg|Overzicht kapel gezien vanaf de andere kant van het water - Hoogeloon
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.bladel.nl/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Bladel
 | North     = [[Oirschot]]
 | East      = [[Eersel]]
 | Southeast = [[Bergeijk]]
 | South     = [[Mol, Belgium|Mol]] ([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Antwerp (province)|VAN]])
 | West      = [[Reusel-De Mierden]]
 | Northwest = [[Hilvarenbeek]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Bladel| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1997]]


{{NorthBrabant-geo-stub}}