Laarbeek
( Listen? / I ) laarbeek is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The municipality was created on 1 January 1997 by the merger of the former municipalities Aarle- Rixtel, Beek en Donk and Lieshout. The channel Zuid- Willemsvaart crosses the area. The Wilhelminakanal begins in the community between Aarle- Rixtel and Beek en Donk. It runs above Eindhoven and Tilburg until after Oosterhout.
Districts
Villages
In brackets the number of inhabitants on 1 June 2006:
- Aarle- Rixtel ( 5814 )
- Beek en Donk ( 10,028 )
- Lieshout ( 4336 )
- Mariahout ( 1626 )
Other residential projects
Achternbosch, Beemdkant, Broek, Croy, De Hei, Deense Hoek, Ginderdoor, Groenewoud, Heikant, Het Hool, Het Laar, 't Hof, Kruisschot, Scheepstal, Strijp and Wolf Putten
Name of the municipality
The community name " Laarbeek " was selected on 8 March 1994 from many names. The inhabitants of the former municipalities that make Laarbeek was formed, could submit a new name for the church. Other suggestions were: Beek en Donk, Bextelhout, Groenewoud, Grotendonk and Laarlanden.
The name Laarbeek is a joining of the word elements ' Laar ' (named after "Het Laar ," which forms the center of the village ) and " Beek " (named after the various streams that flow through the town ).
There is also the name Laarbeek from parts of the former municipalities:
- "L " comes from Lieshout
- " Aar " comes from Aarle- Rixtel
- " Beek " comes from Beek en Donk
Allocation of seats in the municipal council
- Nieuw Laarbeek, 6 seats
- De taskforce, 4 seats
- CDA, 3 seats
- PvdA, 3 seats
- Algemeen Belang, 2 seats
- Dorpsbelang, 1 seat
Famous sons and daughters of the town
- Guus Meeuwis ( Mariahout )