Gilze en Rijen
municipality in North Brabant, the Netherlands
Gilze en Rijen is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. In 2019, 26,431 people lived there.
Gilze en Rijen | |
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 View of Gilze en Rijen | |
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  Gilze en Rijen | |
| Coordinates: 51°35′23.0″N 4°54′41.4″E / 51.589722°N 4.911500°E | |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Province |  Noord-Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Derk Alssema |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.38 km2 (25.24 sq mi) |
| Population (January 1, 2001) | |
| • Total | 24,544 |
| • Density | 375.4/km2 (972/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 |
| Postal code(s) | 5121, 5122, 5124–5126 |
| MCN | 0784 |
| Website | Official website |
On 25 July 2019, the Dutch national heat record was broken here.[1]
