Editing Heythuysen

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Heythuysen
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Heitse}}
| settlement_type         = Village
| image_skyline           = File:Heythuysen - Op de Bos 2 Klooster van de Witte Paters van Sint Charles.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Retirement home and former monastery of the White Fathers of St Charles
| image_flag              = 
| image_shield            = 
| image_map               = 
| image_map1              = 
| pushpin_map             = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
| pushpin_label_position  = left
| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Leudal]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6093AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 28
| elevation_min_m         =
| elevation_max_m         =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="stat"/>
| area_total_km2          = 27.55
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 6,545
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 6093<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 0475
| blank_name_sec1         = Transport
| blank1_name_sec1        = Major roads
| blank1_info_sec1        = [[Provinciale weg 279|N279]]
| coordinates             = {{Coord|51|15|N|5|54|E|region:NL_type:city|display=title}}
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'''Heythuysen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɛitˌɦœyzə(n)|lang|137 Heythuysen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Heitse}}) is a [[town]] in the south-eastern [[Netherlands]].

== History ==
It was first mentioned in 1383 as Heythusen, and means "houses on the heath". It was located on the road from [[Venlo]] to [[Antwerp]],<ref name="etym"/> and between the Bevelandse beek and the Tungelroyse beek.<ref name="monument">{{cite book|url=https://dbnl.org/tekst/sten009monu08_01/sten009monu08_01_0066.php |title=Heythuysen |author=Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert| year=2003 |publisher=Waanders |location=Zwolle |isbn=90 400 9623 6  |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> In 1243, it became a border town for the [[County of Horne]]. In 1680, Heythuysen became an independent ''[[heerlijkheid]]''.<ref name="etym">{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref>

The Catholic St Nicolaas Church is a three-aisled church which was built shortly after 1504. In 1847, the current [[Gothic Revival]] tower was built. In 1927, the church was enlarged.<ref name="monument"/>

Heythuysen was home to 275 people in 1840.<ref name="plaats"/> Until it became a part of [[Leudal]] on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of [[Baexem]], [[Grathem]] and [[Kelpen-Oler]].<ref name="plaats">{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/heythuysen |title=Heythuysen |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=nl}}</ref> Heythuysen is home of the Grand Café Tom Tom.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Heythuysen, de Sint Antoniusmolen RM22123 foto3 2013-04-14 14.02.jpg|Windmill: de Sint Antoniusmolen
File:Heythuysen - Dorpstraat 16-18 Woonhuis (1930).jpg|Building in Heythuysen
File:Heythuysen-Sint-Nicolaaskerk (4).jpg|St Nicolaas Church
File:Heythuysen - Notaris Ruttenlaan 17 Basisschool De Beukenhof.jpg|School in Heythuysen
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Dutch municipality Leudal}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2007]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Leudal]]


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