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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
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| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline = Oosterhout markt.jpg
| image_alt =
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| flag_size = 100x67px
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Oosterhout wapen.svg
| shield_size =
| shield_alt =
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0826 (2009).svg
| map_alt = Highlighted position of Oosterhout in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates = {{coord|51|38|N|4|52|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
|url = http://www.oosterhout.nl/bestuur-organisatie/college-van-bw/burgemeester-mr-drs-swth-huisman/
|title = Burgemeester mr. drs. S.W.Th. Huisman
|language = nl
|publisher = Gemeente Oosterhout
|access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party = [[Democrats 66|D66]]
| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name = [[Marcel Fränzel]] (acting)
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Oosterhout}}
| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Oosterhout}}
| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Oosterhout}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
|title = Postcodetool for 4902ZP
|language = nl
|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
|access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 5
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Oosterhout}}
| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Oosterhout}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym = Oosterhouter
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code = 4849, 4900–4911
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code = 0162
| website = {{URL|1=http://www.oosterhout.nl}}
| footnotes =
}}
[[File:Oosterhout-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|255px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Oosterhout, as per March 2014'']]
'''Oosterhout''' ({{IPA-nl|ˈoːstərɦʌut|-|215 Oosterhout.ogg}}; from ''ooster'', "eastern", and ''hout'', "woods") is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a city in the southern [[Netherlands]]. The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Oosterhout}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.
== Population centers ==
The municipality of Oosterhout includes the following places:
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* [[Baarschot, Oosterhout|Baarschot]]
* [[Den Hout]]
* [[Dorst]]
* [[Eind van den Hout]]
* [[Groenendijk, Oosterhout|Groenendijk]]
* [[Heikant, Noord-Brabant|Heikant]]
* [[Heistraat, Oosterhout|Heistraat]]
* [[Hespelaar]]
* [[Oosteind, Oosterhout|Oosteind]]
* Oosterhout (city)
* [[Seters]]
* [[Steelhoven]]
* [[Steenoven, Oosterhout|Steenoven]]
* [[Ter Aalst]]
* [[Vijfhuizen, Oosterhout|Vijfhuizen]]
* [[Vrachelen]]
}}
==History==
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*Monastery of St. Catherine, once a castle held by the Knights Hospitaller.
*Slotbossetoren, destroyed castle
== Culture ==
[[De anoniemen]] a group of statues created by Paul Elshout is situated in Slotpark.
== Sport ==
Oosterhout is home to several sports clubs, for example volleyball club [[VOKO]], football clubs [[SCO-Tofs]], [[VV Oosterhout]], baseball club [[Twins Oosterhout|Twins]] and hockey club [[De Warande]].
=== Sport clubs ===
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
*[[VOKO]], Volleyball
*ATV Scorpio, Athletics
*SCO-Tofs, Football
*TSC, Football
*VV Oosterhout, Football
*De Warande, Hockey
*OZ&PC De Warande, Swimming and [[
*De Voltreffers, [[
*De Glaskoning Twins, Baseball
}}
== Notable people==
[[File:Vriese.jpg|175px|thumb|WH de Vriese, 1891]]
* [[Willem Hendrik de Vriese]] (1806–1862) a Dutch botanist and physician
* [[Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje]] (1857–1936) a Dutch scholar of Oriental cultures and Advisor to the colonial government of the [[Netherlands East Indies]]
* [[Marinus De Jong]] (1891-1984) a Belgian composer and pianist of Dutch origin
* [[Gerrit Brokx]] (1933–2002) a Dutch politician
* [[Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen]] (born 1960) a Dutch clergyman and bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Breda]]
* [[Mirjam Mous]] (born 1963) a Dutch author of children's literature
* [[Marlies Dekkers]] (born 1965) a Dutch fashion designer
* Peter Kops (born 1967) known as [[Extince]], a Dutch rapper
* [[Sander P. Zwegers]] (born 1975) a Dutch mathematician and academic
=== Sport ===
[[File:Jennifer Vreugdenhil in May 2019 (cropped).jpg|175px|thumb|Jennifer Vreugdenhil, 2019]]
* [[Kees Pijl]] (1897–1976) a Dutch footballer with 203 caps for [[Feyenoord]], competed in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wanny van Gils]] (1959–2018) a Dutch football player with over 300 club caps and coach
* [[Kelly van Zon]] (born 1987) a Dutch table tennis player
* [[Wesley Vissers]] (born 1993) a Dutch professional bodybuilder
* [[Jennifer Vreugdenhil]] (born 1995) a Dutch footballer
==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Katjeskelder Oosterhout P1070888.jpg|Katjeskelder Oosterhout
File:Oosterhout centrum P1050123.JPG|Oosterhout centrum
File:Put van Caron Oosterhout P1380874.jpg|Put van Caron Oosterhout
</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Oosterhout, North Brabant}}
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{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Oosterhout| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
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