Oudenbosch

Oudenbosch
Chapel Saint Louis
Oudenbosch
Coordinates: 51°35′21″N 4°31′26″E / 51.58917°N 4.52389°E / 51.58917; 4.52389Coordinates: 51°35′21″N 4°31′26″E / 51.58917°N 4.52389°E / 51.58917; 4.52389
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Halderberge
Area
• Total	22.43 km2 (8.66 sq mi)
Population  (2007)	12,810

Oudenbosch (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌu̯də(m)ˈbɔs]) is a village in the municipality of Halderberge in the west of the Dutch province of North Brabant. Oudenbosch is well known for its 'Basiliek', a Catholic church that is a smaller copy of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Oudenbosch railway station is on the Dordrecht–Roosendaal line (completed in 1854).

Oudenbosch was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of the new municipality of Halderberge.^[1]

Transportation[]

• Railway station: Oudenbosch

Gallery[]

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  Basilica of the Saints Agatha and Barbara

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Notable people (born in Oudenbosch)[]

• Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963), botanist
• Jac. van Ginneken (1877–1945), linguist and Jesuit
• Marinus Jan Granpré Molière (1883–1972), architect

References[]

External links[]

• J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Oudenbosch". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
• History of Oudenbosch and other villages in the municipality Halderberge^{[permanent dead link]}

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