Rucphen () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands between Roosendaal and Etten-Leur, south of the railway, but without a train-station.
Population centres
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015
History
In 1300-1350, there were 5 glories founded within the borders of current municipality Rucphen. They were: Sprundel-Nassau (1297), Langendijk (1354), Nieuw Doorlecht (1354), Rucven (1357) and Vorenseinde (1359). The current municipality was founded in 1810. Originally the name of the municipality was Sprundel, but later changed to Rucphen. On the night of 28-29 October 1944, Rucphen got freed from the Germans. In 1953 Sint Willebrord got absorbed into municipality Rucphen and Schijf in 1997.
Demographics
As of 2025, Rucphen (the town) has 5.145 residents.
As demonstrated in the table below, the biggest age group of Rucphen are seniors.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Age distribution of Rucphen
!Age group
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|0-15
|715
|13.9%
|-
|15-25
|490
|9.5%
|-
|25-45
|1135
|22.1%
|-
|45-65
|1385
|26.9%
|-
|65+
|1415
|27.5%
|}
93,6% of residents of Rucphen are born in the Netherlands, 6,4% are foreign-born residents.
39,4% of foreign-born residents are born outside of Europe, 60,6% are born inside of Europe.