Bladel: Kempen Municipality on the Belgian Border
The Belgian border runs just south of Bladel, placing this North Brabant gemeente in the cross-border Kempen region shared with Flanders. About 9,785 residents live in the main village, which serves as the administrative centre. The surrounding landscape of pine forests, heathland, and sandy agricultural fields is characteristic of the Kempen. The Cartierheide nature area lies to the east.
The centre around the Markt and the Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk has a modest Brabant village character. Small and medium manufacturing, including metalworking, provides local employment alongside agriculture. Carnival and the annual kermis mark the social calendar. Residential construction has attracted families from the Eindhoven region. Eindhoven is about 20 kilometres northeast, Reusel roughly 5 kilometres west.
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The Belgian border runs just south of Bladel, placing this North Brabant gemeente in the cross-border Kempen region shared with Flanders. About 9,785 residents live in the main village, which serves as the administrative centre. The surrounding landscape of pine forests, heathland, and sandy agricultural fields is characteristic of the Kempen. The Cartierheide nature area lies to the east.
The centre around the Markt and the Sint-Petrus' Bandenkerk has a modest Brabant village character. Small and medium manufacturing, including metalworking, provides local employment alongside agriculture. Carnival and the annual kermis mark the social calendar. Residential construction has attracted families from the Eindhoven region. Eindhoven is about 20 kilometres northeast, Reusel roughly 5 kilometres west.
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