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Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten

Province North Brabant
Area
- Land
- Water
34.11 km²
33.89 km²
0.22 km²
Population 2003
- Density
23,543
695/km²


Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.

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Population centres

Eeneind, Gerwen, Nederwetten, Nuenen, Olen, Opwetten and Stad van Gerwen.

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Nuenen

Vincent van Gogh resided in Nuenen from 1883-1885. At least one of his paintings features a scene in the town - Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen (Het uitgaan van de hervormde kerk te Nuenen) which was stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in December 2002.

Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist, died here on August 6, 2002.


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