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Template:Infobox settlement Veldhoven (Template:IPA) is a municipality and town on the Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant.

Topography

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Dutch topographic map of Veldhoven (town), as of March 2014
Map of Veldhoven (town), Dec. 2013

Population centres

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The modern town of Veldhoven is an agglomeration of former rural villages that in the twentieth century grew together to form one large suburban area catering to Eindhoven commuter needs. The villages are: Veldhoven proper to the southwest; Meerveldhoven to the southeast; Oerle to the west; and Zeelst to the northeast. A new city center was constructed between Zeelst and Veldhoven.

Economy

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Veldhoven is home to the headquarters of the manufacturer of high-tech (semiconductor) lithography equipment ASML. As of 2009, the company employed over 14,000 people—equivalent to nearly one eighth of the town's population.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> ASML occupies the tallest building (83 meters) in Veldhoven. The municipality features a large industrial and office area along the Gender, which also includes the second-largest hospital in the Eindhoven urban region, Máxima Medisch Centrum.

Veldhoven Centrum

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Veldhoven Centrum has over 100 shops with famous brands covering restaurants, groceries, fashion products, jewelry and banks, and a market every Monday for fruit and produce. It also has services such as a library and municipal and VVV offices.

Culture

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The yearly festival Cult en Tumult offers a varied program of art and culture in the broadest sense. Theatre De Schalm is near the City Centrum.

The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).<ref>Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, Template:ISBN</ref>

Town council

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The current town council of Veldhoven was elected at the 2022 local elections.

Council seats<ref>NRC Handelsblad (2002) Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen 6 maart 2002 Veldhoven Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Gemeente Veldhoven (2006) Uitslag verkiezingen Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Volkskrant (2010)Uitslagen verkiezingen Gemeenteraad 2010</ref><ref>Website Veldhoven (2014)Uitslagen verkiezingen Gemeenteraad 2014</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Party 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hart voor Veldhoven 0 0 0 0 0 9
Gemeente Belangen Veldhoven 5 4 5 6 6 6
VVD 4 4 5 5 7 5
PvdA (2022 with GroenLinks) 3 6 3 2 2 3
Senioren Veldhoven 0 0 0 0 5 2
CDA 7 5 4 4 2 2
D66 0 0 2 3 2 2
Veldhoven Samen Anders 8 8 7 6 3 0
Samenwerkend Veldhoven 0 0 1 1 0 0
Total 27 27 27 27 27 29

Transport

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Eindhoven Airport is near Veldhoven, on the border with Eindhoven in Meerhoven, close to the A2 and A67 motorways.

Notable people

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DJ Zany, 2014

Sport

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Anton Geurts, 1968
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See also

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References

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