Editing Rucphen

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Rucphen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Rucphen P1060906.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Street through Rucphen
| image_flag              = Flag of Rucphen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Rucphen wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0840 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Rucphen in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|32|N|4|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.rucphen.nl/Def/Personeelsoverzicht/Smoelenboek-College/mr-Marjolein-van-der-Meer-Mohr.html
 |title       = mr. Marjolein van der Meer Mohr
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Rucphen
 |access-date  = 3 June 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202602/http://www.rucphen.nl/Def/Personeelsoverzicht/Smoelenboek-College/mr-Marjolein-van-der-Meer-Mohr.html
 |archive-date = 6 June 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Marjolein van der Meer-Mohr]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Rucphen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Rucphen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Rucphen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 4715RK
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 3 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 10
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Rucphen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Rucphen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Rucphenaar
<!-- Other information -->
| 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             = 4710–4722, 4735
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0165
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.rucphen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Rucphen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈrʏkfə(n)|pron|219 Rucphen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the southern [[Netherlands]] between [[Roosendaal]] and [[Etten-Leur]], south of the railway, but without a train-station.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Sint Willebrord]] ('''t Heike'') (pop.: 9,320)
*[[Sprundel]] (5,090)
*Rucphen (4,580)
*[[Zegge]] (2,210)
*Schijf (1,430)
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Rucphen-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015''

== Notable people ==

* [[Hendrik Detmers]] (1761 in Sprundel – 1825) a Dutch general in the [[Battle of Waterloo]]
* [[Dick Jaspers]] (born 1965 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional [[carom billiards]] player 
* [[John Kerstens]] (born 1965 in Zegge) a Dutch politician and former trade union leader
* [[Donny Gorter]] (born 1988) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps
* [[Tessa ter Sluis]] (born 1995 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional squash player

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Gemeentehuis P1060904.JPG|Oude Raadhuis van Rucphen
File:Heilig Hartbeeld P1060914.JPG|Heilig Hartbeeld aan de zijkant van de Martinuskerk in Rucphen
File:Rucphense Heide P1290477.jpg|Rucphense Heide
File:Dorpsstraat P1060938.JPG|Dorpsstraat in Sint Willebrord
</gallery>

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

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

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.rucphen.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Rucphen
 | North     = [[Halderberge]]
 | Northeast = [[Etten-Leur]]
 | Southeast = [[Zundert]]
 | Southwest = [[Essen, Belgium|Essen]] ([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Antwerp (province)|VAN]])
 | West      = [[Roosendaal]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rucphen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]


{{NorthBrabant-geo-stub}}