Gemert-Bakel: Difference between revisions

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| name = Gemert-Bakel

| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]

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| image_caption = Gemert town centre

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| subdivision_name1 = [[North Brabant]]

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 January 1997<ref>{{cite web

|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/1997/default.htm

|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 1997

|trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 1997

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|publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]

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|publisher=Gemeente Gemert-Bakel

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|archive-date=28 May 2014

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| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]

| leader_party = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]

| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]

| leader_name = [[Michiel van Veen]]

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| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]

| postal_code = 5420–5425, 5760–5764

| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]

| area_code = 0492, 0493

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.gemert-bakel.nl}}

| footnotes =

'''Gemert-Bakel''' ({{IPA-nl|ˌɣeːmərd ˈbaːkəl|-|193 Gemert-Bakel.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southern [[Netherlands]].

==Geography==

=== Population centres ===

{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|

* [[Bakel, Netherlands|Bakel]]

* De Mortel

* [[De Rips]]

* [[Elsendorp]]

* [[Gemert]]

* Handel

* [[Milheeze]]

}}

===Topography===

[[File:Gem-Gemert-Bakel-OpenTopo.jpg|400px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gemert-Bakel, June 2015''

===Climate===

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] subtype for this climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]". (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=57360&cityname=Gemert%2C+Netherlands&units= Climate Summary for Gemert-Bakel]</ref>

{{Weather box

|location = Gemert-Bakel

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|Jan high F = 39

|Feb high F = 39

|Mar high F = 49

|Apr high F = 56

|May high F = 64

|Jun high F = 69

|Jul high F = 72

|Aug high F = 71

|Sep high F = 66

|Oct high F = 57

|Nov high F = 47

|Dec high F = 43

|year high F = 56

|Jan low F = 31

|Feb low F = 29

|Mar low F = 35

|Apr low F = 39

|May low F = 45

|Jun low F = 50

|Jul low F = 55

|Aug low F = 54

|Sep low F = 50

|Oct low F = 44

|Nov low F = 38

|Dec low F = 36

|year low F = 42

|Jan precipitation inch = 2.7

|Feb precipitation inch = 2

|Mar precipitation inch = 3.1

|Apr precipitation inch = 1.2

|May precipitation inch = 1.9

|Jun precipitation inch = 2.3

|Jul precipitation inch = 3.5

|Aug precipitation inch = 3.2

|Sep precipitation inch = 2.8

|Oct precipitation inch = 2

|Nov precipitation inch = 1.9

|Dec precipitation inch = 2.4

|year precipitation inch = 28.9

|Jan precipitation days = 8.8

|Feb precipitation days = 6.3

|Mar precipitation days = 5.8

|Apr precipitation days = 4

|May precipitation days = 6

|Jun precipitation days = 6.7

|Jul precipitation days= 7.8

|Aug precipitation days = 8.7

|Sep precipitation days = 8.2

|Oct precipitation days = 7

|Nov precipitation days = 5.4

|Dec precipitation days = 8.8

|year precipitation days = 83.5

|source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase>

{{cite web

|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=57360&cityname=Gemert--United-States-of-America

|title =Weatherbase.com

|publisher=Weatherbase

|year=2013

}}

Retrieved on June 3, 2013.

</ref>

|date=June 2013

}}

== Notable people ==

[[File:Portret Macropedius, Philips Galle.jpg|140px|thumb|portrait of Macropedius, 1572]]

* Georgius [[Macropedius]] (1487 in Gemert – 1558) a Dutch humanist and schoolmaster

* [[Lawrence Torrentinus]] (1499 in Gemert – 1563) a Dutch-Italian humanist, typographer and printer for [[Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence]]

* [[Jan van Gemert]] (1921 in Gemert – 1991) a Dutch painter, graphic artist, sculptor, glass artist and ceramist

* [[Wim Verstappen]] (1937 in Gemert – 2004) a Dutch film director and producer, television director, and screen writer <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894983/ IMDb Database] retrieved 10 September 2019 </ref>

* [[Frans van der Hoff]] (born 1939 in De Rips) a Dutch missionary who helped launch ''[[Max Havelaar]]'' the first Fairtrade label in 1988

* [[Haico Scharn]] (1945–2021, born in Gemert) a Dutch middle-distance runner, competed at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]

* [[Victor Allis]] (born 1965 in Gemert) a Dutch computer scientist and academic

* [[Ben Gall]] (born 1948 in Eindhoven) a Dutch entrepreneur who founded several high tech companies in NL and the USA. Collects modern art and has been supporting the arts for decades. Now retired and living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

==Trivia==

The spoken language is [[Meierij|Peelland]]s (an [[East Brabantian]] dialect, which is very similar to colloquial [[Dutch language|Dutch]]).<ref>Jos & Cor Swanenberg: Taal in stad en land: Oost-Brabants, {{ISBN|9012090105}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery mode=packed>

File:Kasteelgemert.jpg|Kasteel Gemert

File:1652wikinr111 Gemert gerardus majellakerk toren.jpg|Gemert gerardus majellakerk toren

File:16050 St. Jan de Doperkerk.jpg|St. Jan de Doperkerk

File:2007-09-16 15.54 Gemert, molen foto2.JPG|Gemert, molen

</gallery>

==References==

{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==

*{{Commons category-inline}}

*[http://www.gemert-bakel.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Gemert-Bakel

| North = [[Boekel]]

| Northeast = [[Land van Cuijk]]

| East = [[Venray]] ([[Limburg (Netherlands)|LI]])

| South = [[Deurne, North Brabant|Deurne]]

| Southwest = [[Helmond]]

| West = [[Laarbeek]]

| Northwest = [[Meierijstad]]

}}

{{Dutch municipality Gemert-Bakel}}

{{North Brabant Province}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Gemert-Bakel| ]]

[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]

[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1997]]