North Brabant

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province of the Netherlands

North Brabant is a southern province of the Netherlands known for its historic cities, Catholic cultural heritage, and role as a key battleground during World War II.

Aliases (6)

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of the Netherlands →
alternativeName	Noord-Brabant →
borderWith	Antwerp Province → Belgium → Flemish Brabant → Gelderland → Limburg → South Holland → Zeeland →
capital	’s-Hertogenbosch NERFINISHED →
containsCity	Bergen op Zoom → Best → Bladel → Boxtel → Breda → Breda municipality → Drimmelen → Eindhoven → Eindhoven municipality → Etten-Leur → Gilze en Rijen → Halderberge → Heeze-Leende NERFINISHED → Helmond NERFINISHED → Heusden → Land van Cuijk → Loon op Zand → Meierijstad NERFINISHED → Moerdijk → Oosterhout NERFINISHED → Oss → Roosendaal NERFINISHED → Son en Breugel → Tilburg NERFINISHED → Tilburg municipality → Uden → Veghel → Veldhoven NERFINISHED → Waalwijk NERFINISHED → ’s-Hertogenbosch municipality →
containsNationalPark	De Biesbosch National Park → De Groote Peel National Park → Loonse en Drunense Duinen National Park →
containsRiver	Aa → Dommel → Mark → Meuse →
country	Netherlands →
culturalRegion	Brabant →
economicSector	agri-food industry → automotive industry → high-tech manufacturing → logistics →
executiveBody	Provincial Executive of North Brabant →
governanceType	provincial government →
governedBy	Provincial Council of North Brabant →
hasAirport	Eindhoven Airport →
hasUniversity	Eindhoven University of Technology → Tilburg University →
headOfGovernmentTitle	King’s Commissioner of North Brabant →
historicalRegion	Duchy of Brabant →
historicalReligion	predominantly Catholic after the Reformation →
ISOCode	NL-NB →
knownFor	Catholic cultural heritage → agriculture and horticulture → carnival celebrations → high-tech industry around Eindhoven → historic cities → logistics and distribution →
largestCity	Eindhoven →
locatedIn	southern Netherlands →
officialLanguage	Dutch →
partOf	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
regionalLanguage	Brabantian dialects →
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
WWIIEvent	Battle of the Scheldt hinterland → Liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch → Operation Market Garden →
WWIIHistory	key battleground during World War II →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Biesbosch → Biesbosch National Park → Canons of Grave → Delta Works → Eindhoven → Escharen → Gassel → Grave → Hampoort city gate → John S. Thompsonbrug → Land van Cuijk region → Petit & Fritsen → Son bridge → Volkerakdam ("province of North Brabant") →	locatedIn
Gelderland → South Holland →	borders
Meuse → Waal ("Waalwijk region") →	flowsThrough
Gassel → Grave ("Velp (North Brabant)") →	formerMunicipalityOf
North Brabant ("Noord-Brabant") →	alternativeName
Volkerak ("North Brabant mainland") →	borderedBy
Limburg (Netherlands) →	bordersProvince
Escharen →	hasCountrySubdivision
Gassel →	hasProvince
Theodorus van Gogh →	livedIn
Graafs Museum →	locatedInProvince
Operation Market Garden →	location
Gassel ("province of North Brabant") →	partOf
Theodorus van Gogh →	placeOfDeath
Dutch ("Brabantian") →	regionalVariety