Editing Gilze en Rijen

{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Gilze en Rijen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Square in Gilze
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Gilze en Rijen in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|35|N|4|55|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.gilzerijen.nl/internet/college-van-b-en-w_3167/ 
 |title=College van B en W 
 |trans-title=Board of mayor and aldermen 
 |language=nl 
 |publisher=Gemeente Gilze en Rijen 
 |access-date=27 May 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010439/http://www.gilzerijen.nl/internet/college-van-b-en-w_3167/ 
 |archive-date=28 May 2014 
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Derk Alssema]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Gilze en Rijen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Gilze en Rijen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 5121JX 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=27 May 2014 
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 5120–5126
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0161
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.gilzerijen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Gilze en Rijen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɣɪlzə ʔɛn ˈrɛiə(n)|-|194 Gilze en Rijen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot. It is home to the [[Gilze-Rijen Air Base]].

Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its [[leather]] factories.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Rijen]] (population: 16,581)
*[[Gilze]] (7,729)
*[[Molenschot]] (1,341)
*[[Hulten]] (328)
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-GilzeenRijen-OpenTopo.jpg|475px]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, June 2015''

==Transportation==
Railway Station: [[Gilze-Rijen railway station|Gilze-Rijen]]

==Climate==
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Gilze en Rijen has a [[marine west coast climate]], abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=5360&cityname=Gilze%2C+Netherlands&units= Climate Summary for Gilze en Rijen, Netherlands]</ref>

On 24 July 2019, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached as high as {{cvt|39.2|C}}, the highest temperature ever recorded in The Netherlands until it was surpassed by [[Eindhoven]] the same day.<ref>[https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/5969673/hoogste-temperatuur-ooit-in-nederland-392-graden-gemeten-in-gilze-rijen.html Hoogste temperatuur ooit in Nederland: 39,2 graden gemeten in Gilze-Rijen]</ref><ref>[https://nos.nl/liveblog/2294812-eindhoven-hitterecordhouder-met-39-3-graden-gilze-rijen-en-ell-op-39-2.html Eindhoven hitterecordhouder met 39,3 graden, Gilze-Rijen en Ell op 39,2]</ref> However, a day later, on 25 July, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached {{cvt|40.7|C}}, making it the first place ever in The Netherlands where {{cvt|40|C}} was measured and took away the record back from Eindhoven.<ref>[https://nos.nl/liveblog/2294980-historische-hitte-40-in-vijf-provincies-twintig-kinderen-onwel-in-leusden.html Historisch heet: 40+ in vijf provincies, ook hitterecords in andere EU-landen]</ref> Climate change was found to be the culprit of such hot temperatures in Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/24/summers-second-heatwave-set-to-break-records-across-europe|title = Climate crisis blamed as temperature records broken in three nations|date = 24 July 2019}}</ref>
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|location = Gilze en Rijen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1951−present)
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|metric first = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan record high C = 15.2
|Feb record high C = 19.5
|Mar record high C = 24.7
|Apr record high C = 29.1
|May record high C = 33.2
|Jun record high C = 34.7
|Jul record high C = 40.7
|Aug record high C = 36.2
|Sep record high C = 35.1
|Oct record high C = 27.2
|Nov record high C = 20.3
|Dec record high C = 15.9
|Jan record low C = -19.3
|Feb record low C = -20.2
|Mar record low C = -14.2
|Apr record low C = -7.3
|May record low C = -2.3
|Jun record low C = 1.5
|Jul record low C = 3.9
|Aug record low C = 3.9
|Sep record low C = -0.4
|Oct record low C = -6.7
|Nov record low C = -10.8
|Dec record low C = -17.0
|Jan high C = 6.2
|Feb high C = 7.3
|Mar high C = 10.9
|Apr high C = 15.4
|May high C = 18.9
|Jun high C = 21.7
|Jul high C = 23.7
|Aug high C = 23.5
|Sep high C = 19.9
|Oct high C = 15.1
|Nov high C = 10.0
|Dec high C = 6.7
|year high C = 14.9
|Jan mean C = 3.5
|Feb mean C = 3.9
|Mar mean C = 6.6
|Apr mean C = 9.9
|May mean C = 13.6
|Jun mean C = 16.4
|Jul mean C = 18.4
|Aug mean C = 18.0
|Sep mean C = 14.8
|Oct mean C = 11.0
|Nov mean C = 6.9
|Dec mean C = 4.1
|year mean C = 10.6
|Jan low C = 0.4
|Feb low C = 0.3
|Mar low C = 2.1
|Apr low C = 4.1
|May low C = 7.7
|Jun low C = 10.6
|Jul low C = 12.8
|Aug low C = 12.4
|Sep low C = 9.8
|Oct low C = 6.8
|Nov low C = 3.5
|Dec low C = 1.2
|year low C = 6.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 68.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 63.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 54.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 42.5
|May precipitation mm = 59.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 66.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 81.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 71.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 65.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 69.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 74.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 81.9
|year precipitation mm = 799.1
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|Jan humidity = 87.0
|Feb humidity = 84.1
|Mar humidity = 78.9
|Apr humidity = 73.1
|May humidity = 72.9
|Jun humidity = 74.3
|Jul humidity = 75.5
|Aug humidity = 77.1
|Sep humidity = 81.6
|Oct humidity = 85.4
|Nov humidity = 89.2
|Dec humidity = 89.0
|year humidity = 80.7
|Jan sun = 70.6
|Feb sun = 89.9
|Mar sun = 138.1
|Apr sun = 188.4
|May sun = 215.7
|Jun sun = 210.1
|Jul sun = 212.2
|Aug sun = 198.1
|Sep sun = 159.4
|Oct sun = 119.4
|Nov sun = 71.7
|Dec sun = 57.5
|year sun = 1731.1
|Jan percentsun = 27.0
|Feb percentsun = 31.8
|Mar percentsun = 37.4
|Apr percentsun = 45.4
|May percentsun = 44.6
|Jun percentsun = 42.3
|Jul percentsun = 42.5
|Aug percentsun = 43.7
|Sep percentsun = 41.9
|Oct percentsun = 36.0
|Nov percentsun = 26.7
|Dec percentsun = 23.5
|year percentsun =36.9
|source 1 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://weerstatistieken.nl/gilze-rijen
| title = Weerstatistieken Gilze-Rijen
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = June 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.knmi.nl/klimaat-viewer/grafieken-tabellen/meteorologische-stations/stations-maand/stations-maand_1991-2020
|title=Klimaatviewer 1991-2020
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = June 25, 2022}}</ref>}}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Jeroen Blijlevens Ruta del Sol 95.jpg|125px|thumb|Jeroen Blijlevens, 2006]]
* [[Marcellin Theeuwes]] (1936 in Gilze en Rijen – 2019) was a Dutch [[Carthusian]] monk
* [[Jacques Theeuwes]] (born 1944 in Rijen) a Dutch economist, accountant and academic
* [[Henriette van Lynden-Leijten]] (1950 in Gilze en Rijen – 2010) a Dutch [[Baroness]] and diplomat to Bulgaria and the Vatican
=== Sport ===
* [[Janus Theeuwes]] (1886 in Gilze en Rijen – 1975) an archer, gold medallist in the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Joep van den Ouweland]] (born 1984 in Gilze en Rijen) is a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
* [[Cees Doorakkers]] (born 1963 in Gilze) a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
* [[Jeroen Blijlevens]] (born 1971 in Gilze en Rijen) a retired road bicycle racer

==See also==
*[[Heikant, Rijen]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Natuurgebied De Duiventoren P1130225.jpg|Natuurgebied De Duiventoren
File:Gilze en rijen kunstwerk schoenmaker.jpg|Gilze en rijen kunstwerk schoenmaker
File:Gerardus Majellakerk.jpg|Gerardus Majellakerk
File:Gilze en rijen kunstwerk margrieten.jpg|Gilze en rijen kunstwerk margrieten
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Gilze en Rijen
 | North     = [[Oosterhout]], [[Dongen]]
 | East      = [[Tilburg]]
 | Southeast = [[Goirle]]
 | South     = [[Alphen-Chaam]]
 | West      = [[Breda]]
}}
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