Hilvarenbeek



         


Hilvarenbeek

Province North Brabant
Area
- Land
- Water
97.00 km²
95.51 km²
1.49 km²
Population 2003
- Density
14,868
156/km²


Hilvarenbeek is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium.

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Population centres

The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches: Baarschot, Biest-Houtakker, Diessen, Esbeek and Haghorst.

In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods: Beerten, Driehuizen, Dun, Gorp, Groenstraat, Groot Loo, Grote Voort, Hoog Spul, Hoogeind, Klein Loo, Kleine Voort, Laag Spul, Rovert, Slibbroek and Westerwijk.

The biggest touristic attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a zoo, amusement park, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks.

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