Rucphen

Rucphen ( listen? / I ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant.

Districts

Rucphen, Schijf, Sint- Willibrord, Sprundel and Zegge.

Sint- Willebrord is because there come from many cyclists, also called the " wielerdorp ".

Allocation of seats in the municipal council

  • Rucphense Volkspartij, 6 seats
  • VVD, 5 seats
  • CDA, 3 seats
  • PvdA, 3 seats
  • Leefbar Rucphen, 2 seats

Sports

1983 was the site of the venue for the World Cup cover, a discipline in Carambolagebillard, in which the Belgian Ludo Dielis became World Champion in front of the German Wolfgang Zenkner and Nobuaki Kobayashi from Japan.

Personalities

  • Marinus Valentijn (1900-1991), cyclist
  • Wim van Est (1923-2003), a cyclist, lived in St. Willibrord
  • Wout Wagtmans (1929-1994), cyclist
  • Thijs Roks (1930-2007), a cyclist, " De Beer van Sprundel "
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