Editing Oisterwijk

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Oisterwijk
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Oisterwijk P1040917.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Gazebo]] in Oisterwijk
| image_flag              = Flag of Oisterwijk.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Oisterwijk wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0824 (2021).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Oisterwijk in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|35|N|5|12|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://oisterwijk.nl/bestuur-en-politiek/college.html
 |title = Samenstelling college
 |trans-title=Members of the board
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Oisterwijk
 |access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Hans Janssen (politician)|Hans Janssen]]
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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|Oisterwijk}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Oisterwijk}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Oisterwijk}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 5061HX
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 10
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| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Oisterwijk}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Oisterwijk}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Oisterwijker
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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             = 5059–5066
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 013
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://oisterwijk.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Oisterwijk''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈoːstərˌʋɛik|-|214 Oisterwijk.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a city in the south of the [[Netherlands]].

== Population centres ==
*[[Haaren, North Brabant|Haaren]]
*[[Heukelom, North Brabant|Heukelom]]
*[[Moergestel]]
*Oisterwijk

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

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Oisterwijk, 2021''

==Transport==

* '''Railway station''': [[Oisterwijk railway station|Oisterwijk]]

== City ==

Oisterwijk received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1230. Part of the municipality of Oisterwijk includes the 'Oisterwijkse bossen en vennen' (Oisterwijk forests and fens) and the 'Kampina', two nature reserves. The reserves are owned and kept by the 'Vereniging Natuurmonumenten' (Nature Monuments Society).

== Notable people ==
[[File:Cora-van-nieuwenhuizen-1383750554 (cropped).jpg|155px|thumb|Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, 2018]]
* [[Maria van Oisterwijk]] (died 1547), Dutch Catholic mystic and writer
* [[Nicolaus van Esch]] (1507 in Oisterwijk – 1578) a Dutch Roman Catholic theologian and mystical writer.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Nicolaus Van Esch |volume= 5 |last= Maas |first= Anthony John |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Adriaan Poirters]] (1605 in Oisterwijk – 1674) a Dutch Jesuit poet and prose writer, active in the [[Counter Reformation]]
* [[Johan Antony Barrau]] (1873 in Oisterwijk – 1953) a Dutch mathematician and geometer
* [[Arnold Meijer]] (1905 – 1965 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch fascist politician
* [[Annita van Iersel]] (born 1948 in Oisterwijk) former wife of [[Paul Keating]], former [[Prime Minister of Australia]]
* [[Jan Schuurkes]] (born 1950 in Oisterwijk) a Dutch biologist and gastrointestinal researcher
* [[Cora van Nieuwenhuizen]] (born 1963 in Ridderkerk) a Dutch politician, municipal councillor 1994 to 2006

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Oisterwijk, de Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk RM31362 IMG 8580 2021-03-29 11.15.jpg|Oisterwijk, church: Sint-Petrus'-Bandenkerk
File:Oisterwijk, Netherlands - panoramio.jpg|Oisterwijk, Netherlands - panoramio
File:Essche stroom (omgeving de Halder).jpg|Essche stroom
File:Pomp Oisterwijk P1040918.JPG|Pomp Oisterwijk
File:Gasthuisbrug over de Esschestroom in Esch.jpg|Gasthuisbrug over de Esschestroom in Esch
File:Gevleugelde vrijheid - Oisterwijk-02.JPG|Gevleugelde vrijheid - Oisterwijk
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Oisterwijk
 | North     = [[Vught]]
 | East      = [[Boxtel]]
 | Southeast = [[Oirschot]]
 | South     = [[Hilvarenbeek]]
 | West      = [[Tilburg]]
}}
{{Dutch municipality Oisterwijk}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Oisterwijk| ]]
[[Category:Cities in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:1230 establishments in Europe]]


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