Beers, North Brabant

Village in North Brabant, Netherlands
Coat of arms of Beers
Coat of arms
51°43′28″N 5°49′49″E / 51.72444°N 5.83028°E / 51.72444; 5.83028CountryNetherlandsProvinceNorth BrabantMunicipalityLand van CuijkArea • Total13.38 km2 (5.17 sq mi)Elevation11 m (36 ft)Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total1,725 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
5437[1]
Dialing code0485

Beers (Brabants: Bèèrs) is a village in the former Dutch municipality of Cuijk. It is located about 4 km west of Cuijk. Since 2022 it has been part of the new municipality of Land van Cuijk.

Beers has a population of about 1721: 1305 in the village itself, and 416 in the surrounding countryside, including the hamlets De Plaats and Dommelsvoort.[3]

Until 1994, Beers was a separate municipality.[4]

Toponymy

The name Beers might come from bere or baren, which can mean mud or stuff in Dutch.

History

Beers is first noted in a document that was written between 1050 and 1200. In it beers was named Berse. The family Van Beerse was a vassal from the Lord of Cuijk, making Beers belong to the municipality of Cuijk. This vassal however, did own a small castle surrounded by a moat, named De Broekhof.

Around 1814, at the end of the French age and at the beginning of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Beers became a separate municipality. In 1942, Great-Linden and Gassel joined Beers. In 1994 the municipality of Beers was repealed. Gassel joined the municipality of Grave, North Brabant, while Beers and Great-Linden (today Linden, North Brabant) joined Cuijk.

Gallery

  • The former municipal hall of Beers.
    The former municipal hall of Beers.
  • Beers, church and statue of child dressed up as elderly woman
    Beers, church and statue of child dressed up as elderly woman
  • Bandstand
    Bandstand
  • View on Beers
    View on Beers

References

  1. ^ a b c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 5437AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  3. ^ Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format. Statistical areas "Beers" and "Verspreide huizen Beers".
  4. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
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