Английская Википедия:Gilze en Rijen
Шаблон:Infobox settlement Gilze en Rijen (Шаблон:IPA-nl) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot. It is home to the Gilze-Rijen Air Base.
Rijen grew in the 19th century due to its leather factories.Шаблон:Citation needed
Population centres
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, June 2015
Transportation
Railway Station: Gilze-Rijen
Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gilze en Rijen has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.[1]
On 24 July 2019, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached as high as Шаблон:Cvt, the highest temperature ever recorded in The Netherlands until it was surpassed by Eindhoven the same day.[2][3] However, a day later, on 25 July, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached Шаблон:Cvt, making it the first place ever in The Netherlands where Шаблон:Cvt was measured and took away the record back from Eindhoven.[4] Climate change was found to be the culprit of such hot temperatures in Netherlands.[5] Шаблон:Weather box
Notable people
- Marcellin Theeuwes (1936 in Gilze en Rijen – 2019) was a Dutch Carthusian monk
- Jacques Theeuwes (born 1944 in Rijen) a Dutch economist, accountant and academic
- Henriette van Lynden-Leijten (1950 in Gilze en Rijen – 2010) a Dutch Baroness and diplomat to Bulgaria and the Vatican
Sport
- Janus Theeuwes (1886 in Gilze en Rijen – 1975) an archer, gold medallist in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Joep van den Ouweland (born 1984 in Gilze en Rijen) is a Dutch footballer with over 300 club caps
- Cees Doorakkers (born 1963 in Gilze) a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Jeroen Blijlevens (born 1971 in Gilze en Rijen) a retired road bicycle racer
See also
Gallery
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Natuurgebied De Duiventoren
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Gilze en rijen kunstwerk schoenmaker
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Gerardus Majellakerk
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Gilze en rijen kunstwerk margrieten
References
External links
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