Sint Anthonis

Sint Anthonis (pronunciation ) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands in the Province of North Brabant. The locals refer to the town as Sint Tunnis. An inhabitant is called a "Sintunnisenaar". The municipality had a population of 11,606 in 2019.

Sint Anthonis
Municipality
Windmill in Oploo
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in North Brabant
Coordinates: 51°38′N 5°53′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorMarleen Sijbers (VVD)
Area
 • Total99.76 km2 (38.52 sq mi)
 • Land99.27 km2 (38.33 sq mi)
 • Water0.49 km2 (0.19 sq mi)
Elevation18 m (59 ft)
Population
 (January 2019)[4]
 • Total11,606
 • Density117/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5445–5446, 5449, 5840–5846
Area code0485
Websitewww.sintanthonis.nl

History

The town was mentioned in a last will as early as 1312. The town was called Oelbroec at the time. As the church of St. Anthony The Abbot was completed in 1477, people started referring to the town as the "Parish of St. Anthony in Oelbroec", and by 1570 the name Oelbroec had disappeared. Church Book registration started in 1640 and are to be found on the BHIC web site.

Sint Anthonis was a part of the lordship of Boxmeer during the ancien régime. After the French rule, Sint Anthonis was parted from Boxmeer. Together with the village of Ledeacker it formed the municipality of "Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker". In 1821 Oploo joined this municipality, now called "Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker". In 1913 this municipality had 1769 inhabitants, of which 906 men and 863 women, and of which 965 lived in the village of Sint Anthonis. The surface of the municipality existed of 3818 ha (with 46,33 inhabitants per km²).

On 1 January 1994 the municipality of Wanroij fused with the municipality of Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker into the new municipality of Sint Anthonis. On 4 July 1994 also the name of the village was changed: St. Anthonis became Sint Anthonis.

Population centres
  • Landhorst
  • Ledeacker
  • Oploo
  • De Walsert
  • Sint Anthonis
  • Stevensbeek
  • Wanroij
  • Westerbeek

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Sint Anthonis, June 2015

Monic Hendrickx, 2019

Notable people

Sport
  • Oploo Kerk
  • Stevensbeek - Kloosterstraat, Voormalige hooischuur
  • Statue of "Tôntje d'n Dwerg" in front of the water mill D'n Olliemeulen in Oploo
  • Sculpture "Vrouwen van de bron" at the Giesenplein in Wanroij

References
  1. "Samenstelling college van B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Sint Anthonis. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Postcodetool for 5845BH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. IMDb Database retrieved 4 October 2019


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