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<!-- Name and transliteration -->

| name = Oosterhout

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

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| image_skyline = Oosterhout markt.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Market square in Oosterhout

| image_flag = Flag of Oosterhout.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

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| shield_size = 100x80px

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| 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)

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>

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| 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

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| 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:

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* [[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]]

}}

== 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 ===

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*[[VOKO]], Volleyball

*ATV Scorpio, Athletics

*OZ&PC De Warande, Swimming and [[Water polo]]

*De Voltreffers, [[Korfball]]

*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 ==

<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==

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*{{Commons category-inline|Oosterhout, North Brabant}}

* {{Official website|http://www.oosterhout.nl}}

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