Editing Heeze-Leende

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Heeze-Leende
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Heeze.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Heeze Castle]]
| image_flag              = Heeze-Leende vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Heeze-Leende wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1658 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Heeze-Leende in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|23|N|5|35|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 = 28 May 2014}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.heeze-leende.nl/over-ons/wie-is-wie_41043/
 |title = Wie is wie
 |trans-title = Who is who
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Heeze-Leende
 |access-date = 28 May 2014
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131014230445/http://www.heeze-leende.nl/over-ons/wie-is-wie_41043/
 |archive-date = 14 October 2013
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Paul Verhoeven (politician)|Paul Verhoeven]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| 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|Heeze-Leende}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Heeze-Leende}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Heeze-Leende}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 5591HS 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=28 May 2014 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 23
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Heeze-Leende}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Heeze-Leende}} <!-- 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             = 5590–5595, 6029
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 040
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.heeze-leende.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Heeze-Leende''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɦeːzə ˈleːndə|-|199 Heeze-Leende.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southern [[Netherlands]], near [[Eindhoven]], [[North Brabant]]. It is known for [[Heeze Castle]] (''Kasteel Heeze'').

The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the [[East Brabantian]] dialect group and is very similar to colloquial [[Dutch language|Dutch]].

== Population centres ==
*[[Heeze]]
*[[Leende]]
*[[Sterksel]]

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Heeze-Leende-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heeze-Leende, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
* [[Jan Moninckx]] (ca.1656 in Leende - 1714) a Dutch botanical artist and painter
* [[Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers]] (1883 in Heeze – 1978) a Dutch politician, diplomat and agronomist.
* [[Thomas Horsten]] (born 1994 in Heeze) a Dutch professional footballer

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Catharinakerk, Beukenlaan 1, Sterksel.JPG|Catharinakerk, Beukenlaan, Sterksel
File:Pastoor Thijsenlaan 4, Sterksel.JPG|Pastoor Thijsenlaan, Sterksel
File:Jan Deckersstraat 29, Heeze GM.JPG|Jan Deckersstraat, Heeze
File:21292 Sint Victor Geldrop.jpg|Molen, Sint Victor Geldrop
</gallery>

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

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Heeze-Leende
 | North     = [[Geldrop-Mierlo]]
 | East      = [[Someren]]
 | South     = [[Hamont-Achel]] ([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Limburg (Belgium)|VLI]]), [[Cranendonck]]
 | West      = [[Waalre]]<br>[[Valkenswaard]]
 | Northwest = [[Eindhoven]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Heeze-Leende| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1997]]


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