Drimmelen () is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands, in the province North Brabant.

A large portion of the Biesbosch National Park is part of this municipality.

Population centres

Towns:

  • Made (population: 11,710)
  • Terheijden (6,410)
  • Lage Zwaluwe (4,060)
  • Wagenberg (2,250)
  • Hooge Zwaluwe (1,670)
  • Drimmelen (570)

Hamlets (population data included in that of nearby towns):

  • Blauwe Sluis
  • Oud-Drimmelen
  • Helkant

Topography

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Map of the municipality of Drimmelen, June 2015.

Transportation

The Lage Zwaluwe railway station is situated on the Breda–Rotterdam railway and the railway to Roosendaal.

Notable people

155px|thumb|J G Vogel, 1910

  • Godfried Schalcken (1643 in Made – 1706) a Dutch genre and portrait painter
  • Pieter Rudolph Kleijn (1785 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1816) a 19th-century landscape painter
  • Petrus van Schendel (1806 in Terheijden – 1870) a Dutch-Belgian Romantic style genre painter
  • Johannes Gijsbert Vogel (1828 in Hooge Zwaluwe – 1915) a Dutch landscape painter
  • Antal van den Bosch (born 1969 in Made) a Dutch-language researcher and former academic

Sport

  • Kees Pellenaars (1913 in Terheijden – 1988) a road cyclist and coach
  • Antoon van Schendel (1918 in Lage Zwaluwe – 1990) a professional road bicycle racer.
  • Wim Hofkens (born 1958 in Made) a former football player with 474 club caps
  • Gianni Romme (born 1973 in Lage Zwaluwe) a marathon runner and a former long track speed skater, won two gold medals at the 1998 Winter Olympics
  • Hans Horrevoets (born 1974 in Made – 2006) a sea sailor
  • Tim Lips (born 1985 in Made) a Dutch eventer, competed at the 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Pieter Braun (born 1993 in Terheijden) is a decathlon athlete, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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File:Drimmelen-Made, de Nederlands Hervormde kerk RM28088 IMG 0821 2022-03-28 16.02.jpg|Made, reformed church

File:Jachthaven Drimmelen DSCF2638.JPG|Jachthaven, Drimmelen

File:WLM - RuudMorijn - blocked by Flickr - - DSC 0080 Woonhuis met bedrijfsgedeelte, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis, rm 522687.jpg|House with business area, Bloemendaalse Zeedijk 40, Blauwe Sluis

File:Zilvermeeuw Drimmelen DSCF2641.JPG|Zilvermeeuw, Drimmelen

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References

  • Official Website