Luyksgestel

Luyksgestel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlœy̯ks.ˌɣɛ.stəl]) is a village in the Netherlands. It is located in the province of North Brabant, within the municipality of Bergeijk.

Luyksgestel
Town
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Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°17′24″N 5°19′26″E
Country Netherlands
Province North Brabant
Municipality Bergeijk
Area
 • Total29.52 km2 (11.40 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
3,120
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5575
Luyksgestel, windmill: windkorenmolen De Deen

History

For centuries, Luyksgestel was a part of the territories of the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium and surroundings). Until the French revolution it was an exclave of the Bishopric of Liège. Subsequently, until 1819, it belonged to the United kingdom of the Netherlands' province of Antwerp, and only then it was transferred to where it currently belongs: the province of North Brabant, in exchange for Lommel, a neighboring Brabantian town that was put into the province of Limburg. Luyksgestel was a separate municipality until 1997, when it became part of the municipality Bergeijk.[2]

References
  1. "Tabel: Bevolking; maandcijfers per gemeente en overige regionale indelingen,". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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