Town and former municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands
Boxmeer (Dutch pronunciation: [bɔksˈmeːr] ⓘ ) is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands . Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek .
One of the population centers of the former municipality is Overloon , where the Overloon War Museum is located.
Boxmeer, Cuijk , Grave , Mill en Sint Hubert , and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Topography
Map of the former municipality of Boxmeer, 2015
Station Boxmeer
Population centres
The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:[ 3]
Transport
Notable people
Dionne Stax, 2017
Kika van Es, 2011
Dr Anna Terruwe (1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder
Joannes Gijsen (1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík
Emile Roemer (born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician
Hugo van der Velden (born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian
Charles Deenen (born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer
Dionne Stax (born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader
Sport
Gallery
Boxmeer, former townhall
Boxmeer, basilica: the Sint-Petrusbasiliek
Overloon, sculpture
Vierlingsbeek, church: Sint Laurentiuskerk
Oeffelt, windmill: molen de Vooruitgang
References
External links
Places adjacent to Boxmeer