Gilze en Rijen
Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands
Gilze en Rijen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣɪlzə ʔɛn ˈrɛiə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot. It is home to the Gilze-Rijen Air Base.
Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its leather factories.
01Population centres
- Rijen (population: 16,581)
- Gilze (7,729)
- Molenschot (1,341)
- Hulten (328)
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, June 2015
02Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gilze en Rijen has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.
On 24 July 2019, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached as high as 39.2 °C (102.6 °F), the highest temperature ever recorded in The Netherlands until it was surpassed by Eindhoven the same day. However, a day later, on 25 July, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached 40.7 °C (105.3 °F), making it the first place ever in The Netherlands where 40 °C (104 °F) was measured and took away the record back from Eindhoven. Climate change was found to be the culprit of such hot temperatures in Netherlands.
03Notable people
- Marcellin Theeuwes (1936 in Gilze en Rijen, 2019) was a Dutch Carthusian monk
- Jacques Theeuwes (born 1944 in Rijen) a Dutch economist, accountant and academic
- Henriette van Lynden-Leijten (1950 in Gilze en Rijen, 2010) a Dutch Baroness and diplomat to Bulgaria and the Vatican
Sport
- Janus Theeuwes (1886 in Gilze en Rijen, 1975) an archer, gold medallist in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Joep van den Ouweland (born 1984 in Gilze en Rijen) is a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
- Cees Doorakkers (born 1963 in Gilze) a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971 in Gilze en Rijen) a retired road bicycle racer
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Gilze P1060307.JPG by G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jeroen Blijlevens Ruta del Sol 95.jpg by Formerly JF Presently S-Team from Toronto, Canada; cut by user:Tekstman, CC BY-SA 2.0
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