Eindhoven (Dutch pronunciation: ( listen)) is a municipality an a ceety locatit in the province o North Brabant in the sooth o the Netherlands, oreeginally at the confluence o the Dommel and Gender streams.
The Gender wis dammed aff short o the ceety centre in the 1950s, but the Dommel still runs through the ceety. The ceety coonts 213,809 inhabitants (1 Januar 2010), which makes it the fift-lairgest ceety o the Netherlands an the biggest o North-Brabant.
Eindhoven | ||||||||||
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Ceety an Municipality | ||||||||||
Frae tap doun, left tae right: Skyline o Eindhoven, Licht Touer at the ceety centre, Evoluon conference centre, St. Anthony Church, St. Catherine Kirk, Vesteda Touer, Van Abbe Museum, Philips Stadium o PSV Eindhoven, Heich Tech Campus Eindhoven | ||||||||||
Location in North Brabant | ||||||||||
Coordinates: 51°26′N 5°29′E / 51.433°N 5.483°E 5°29′E / 51.433°N 5.483°E | ||||||||||
Kintra | Netherlands | |||||||||
Province | North Brabant | |||||||||
Govrenment | ||||||||||
• Bodi | Municipal cooncil | |||||||||
• Mayor | John Jorritsma (VVD) | |||||||||
Area | ||||||||||
• Municipality | 88.87 km2 (34.31 sq mi) | |||||||||
• Laund | 87.72 km2 (33.87 sq mi) | |||||||||
• Water | 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi) | |||||||||
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) | |||||||||
Population (Municipality, Januar 2021; Urban an Metro, Mey 2014; Metro region an CMSA, August 2015) | ||||||||||
• Municipality | 235,691 | |||||||||
• Density | 2687/km2 (6,960/sq mi) | |||||||||
• Urban | 337,487 | |||||||||
• Metro | 419,045 | |||||||||
• Metro region | 755313 | |||||||||
• CMSA | 1944588 | |||||||||
Demonym(s) | Eindhovenaar | |||||||||
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |||||||||
Postcode | 5600–5658 | |||||||||
Aurie code | 040 | |||||||||
Website | www |
Neighbourin ceeties an touns include Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot an Best. The agglomeration haes some 440,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan aurie (which includes Helmond) haes nearly 750,000 inhabitants. An aa, Eindhoven is pairt o Brabant Stad, a combined metropolitan aurie wi mair nor 2 million inhabitants.
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