Veghel
Veghel | |
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Town and former municipality | |
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From top down, left to right: market square of Veghel, former cantonal court and town hall, Klondike villa, Sacred Heart statue, Wiebenga silo, Airborne Monument, Saint Lambert Church, former Synagogue of Veghel | |
| Coordinates: 51°37′N 5°33′E / 51.617°N 5.550°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Meierijstad |
| Incorporated | 1310 |
| Market rights | 1719 |
| Merged | 2017 |
| Area | |
• Town | 43.06 km2 (16.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Town | 32,585 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Veghelaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5460–5469 |
| Area code | 0413 |
| Website | www |
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Veghel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɛɣəl] ⓘ) is a town and a former municipality in Southern Netherlands. On 1 January 2017 Veghel, together with Schijndel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad. This created the largest municipality of the province of North Brabant in terms of land area.