municipality of Grave

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The municipality of Grave was a former local government area in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known for its historic fortified town of Grave along the Maas River.

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municipality of Grave canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality of the Netherlands
area about 28 square kilometres
areaCode 0486
borderFormedBy River Maas on the east
capital Grave
coatOfArms coat of arms of Grave
contains Escharen
Gassel
Grave
Velp (North Brabant)
surface form: Velp, North Brabant
coordinateLocation 51.759°N 5.738°E
country Netherlands
dissolvedOn 2022-01-01
elevation approximately 8 metres above sea level
flag flag of Grave
governmentType municipality
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate
hasHeritageSite Canons of Grave
John S. Thompsonbrug
fortress town of Grave
surface form: historic fortified town of Grave
hasHeritageStatus part of the Dutch national monument inventory
hasHistoricalEvent liberation during Operation Market Garden in 1944
hasLandUse mixed urban and agricultural areas
hasMunicipalCouncil Grave municipal council
hasPopulation approximately 12500
hasTransportInfrastructure John S. Thompson Bridge over the Maas
historicallyKnownFor fortifications along the Maas River
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Land van Cuijk
North Brabant
locatedInEcclesiasticalTerritory Bishopric of 's-Hertogenbosch
surface form: Roman Catholic Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch
locatedInHistoricalRegion Meierij van ’s-Hertogenbosch
surface form: Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch
locatedInNUTS3Region eastern North Brabant
surface form: NO41 (Noordoost-Noord-Brabant)
locatedInRegion Meuse valley
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOnRiver Maas
mergedInto municipality of Land van Cuijk
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf Kingdom of the Netherlands
populationAsOf 2021
postalCodeRange 5360–5364
sharesBorderWith municipality of Land van Cuijk
surface form: municipality of Cuijk

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Gassel locatedInTime municipality of Grave
Escharen locatedIn municipality of Grave