Editing Drimmelen

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Drimmelen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Made 20050928 39981.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Aerial photo of [[Made, Netherlands|Made]]
| image_flag              = Gemeentevlag_van_Drimmelen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Gemeentewapen Drimmelen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1719 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Drimmelen in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|41|N|4|48|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.drimmelen.nl/besturen/collegeleden_3455/
 |title = Collegeleden
 |trans-title=Board members
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Drimmelen
 |access-date = 10 May 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Gert de Kok]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Drimmelen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Drimmelen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Drimmelen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 4921BV
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 11 May 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 3
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
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| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Drimmelen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Drimmelen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| 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             = 4844–4845, 4920–4927
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0162
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.drimmelen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Drimmelen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈdrɪmələ(n)|-|187 Drimmelen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in southern [[Netherlands]], in the province [[North Brabant]].

A large portion of the [[Biesbosch National Park]] is part of this municipality.

== Population centres ==
Towns:
*'''[[Made, Netherlands|Made]]''' (population: 11,710)
* [[Terheijden]] (6,410)
* [[Lage Zwaluwe]] (4,060)
* Wagenberg (2,250)
* Hooge Zwaluwe (1,670)
* Drimmelen (570)

Hamlets (population data concerning these hamlets is included in the population data of the towns near which they are located):
* Blauwe Sluis
* Oud-Drimmelen
* Helkant

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Drimmelen-OpenTopo.jpg|375px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Drimmelen, June 2015.''

==Transportation==
The [[Lage Zwaluwe railway station]] is situated on the [[Breda–Rotterdam railway]] and the [[Belgian railway line 12|railway to Roosendaal]].

== Notable people ==
[[File:Derksen Johannes Gijsbert Vogel.jpg|155px|thumb|J G Vogel, 1910]]
* [[Godfried Schalcken]] (1643 in Made – 1706) a Dutch genre and portrait painter
* [[Pieter Rudolph Kleijn]] (1785 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1816) a 19th-century landscape painter
* [[Petrus van Schendel]] (1806 in Terheijden - 1870) a Dutch-Belgian Romantic style genre painter 
* [[Johannes Gijsbert Vogel]] (1828 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1915) a Dutch landscape painter 
* [[Antal van den Bosch]] (born 1969 in Made) a Dutch-language researcher and former academic
=== Sport ===
* [[Kees Pellenaars]] (1913 in Terheijden – 1988) a Dutch road cyclist and coach
* [[Antoon van Schendel]] (1918 in Lage Zwaluwe — 1990) a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. 
* [[Wim Hofkens]] (born 1958 in Made) a former football player with 474 club caps
* [[Gianni Romme]] (born 1973 in Lage Zwaluwe) a Dutch marathon runner and a former long track speed skater, won two gold medals at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Hans Horrevoets]] (born 1974 in Made – 2006) a Dutch sea sailor
* [[Tim Lips]] (born 1985 in Made) a Dutch eventer, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Pieter Braun]] (born 1993 in Terheijden) is a Dutch decathlon athlete, competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Drimmelen-Made, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM28088 IMG 0821 2022-03-28 16.02.jpg|Made, reformed church
File:Jachthaven Drimmelen DSCF2638.JPG|Jachthaven, Drimmelen
File:WLM - RuudMorijn - blocked by Flickr - - DSC 0080 Woonhuis met bedrijfsgedeelte, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis, rm 522687.jpg|House with business area, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis
File:Zilvermeeuw Drimmelen DSCF2641.JPG|Zilvermeeuw, Drimmelen
</gallery>

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

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.drimmelen.nl Official Website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Drimmelen
 | Northeast = [[Altena, North Brabant|Altena]]
 | East      = [[Geertruidenberg]]
 | Southeast = [[Oosterhout]]
 | South     = [[Breda]]
 | West      = [[Moerdijk]]
 | Northwest = [[Dordrecht]] ([[South Holland|ZH]]) / ''[[Hollands Diep]]''
}}
{{Dutch municipality Drimmelen}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Drimmelen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1998]]

{{NorthBrabant-geo-stub}}