North Brabant

Province of North Brabant
Provincie Noord-Brabant (Dutch)
Coat of arms of Province of North Brabant
Location of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Location of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Topography map of North Brabant
Topography map of North Brabant
Country Netherlands
Inclusion1815
Capital's-Hertogenbosch
Largest cityEindhoven
Government
 • King's CommissionerIna Adema (VVD)
 • CouncilStates of North Brabant
Area
 (2023)[1]
 • Total5,082 km2 (1,962 sq mi)
 • Land4,902 km2 (1,893 sq mi)
 • Water181 km2 (70 sq mi)
 • Rank3rd
Population
 (1 January 2023)[2]
 • Total2,626,210
 • Rank3rd
 • Density536/km2 (1,390/sq mi)
  • Rank4th
GDP
 • Total€129.513 billion
 • Per capita€51,200
ISO 3166 codeNL-NB
Religion (2015)Catholic 48%
Protestant 6%
Muslim 4%
HDI (2021)0.941[4]
very high · 3rd of 12
Websitewww.brabant.nl

North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant [ˌnoːrd ˈbraːbɑnt] ; Brabantian: Broabant [ˈbrɑːban]), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant had a population of about 2,626,000[2] as of January 2023. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven (pop. 231,642[5]), Tilburg (pop. 217,259), Breda (pop. 183,873), its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch (pop. 154,205), and Helmond (pop. 94,967)

Castle Heeswijk
Themepark Efteling - World of Wonders
Van Gogh statue, Nuenen. Vincent van Gogh was born in Zundert. He lived and studied in various Brabant cities, including Zundert, Tilburg and Nuenen. Many buildings that Van Gogh painted have been designated 'Van Gogh Monument'.
  1. ^ Statistieken provincie Noord-Brabant - Gegevens over meer dan 100 onderwerpen!, AlleCijfers.nl
  2. ^ a b "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.
  3. ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.