Helmond

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Helmond
—  Municipality  —
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°E / 51.483; 5.667
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Area (2006)
- Total	54.56 km2 (21.1 sq mi)
- Land	53.20 km2 (20.5 sq mi)
- Water	1.36 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population (1 January, 2007)
- Total	86.343
- Density	1,616/km2 (4,185.4/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Helmond ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.

Population centres

• Brouwhuis
• Rijpelberg
• Dierdonk
• Helmond
• Mierlo-Hout
• Brandevoort
• Stiphout

The city of Helmond

First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in approximately 1232. The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350. Helmond has many textile companies. The Vlisco^[1] factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal which runs through the city.

Helmond is home of the professional football team of Helmond Sport.

Transportation

Railway stations: Helmond, Helmond Brouwhuis, Helmond Brandevoort, Helmond 't Hout

Notable people born in Helmond

See also People from Helmond

• Franz Jozef Van Beeck (1930) – author and theologian
• Lisette Sevens (1949) – field hockey player
• René and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951) – football (soccer) players and twins
• Fieke Boekhorst (1957) – field hockey player
• Berry van Aerle (1962) – football (soccer) player
• Harry van Bommel (1962) – politician
• M. H. Benders (1971) – poet
• Wilfred Bouma (1978) – football (soccer) player
• Nieky Holzken (1983) – thaiboxer
• Stochelo Rosenberg (1968) – Gypsy Jazz performer
• Diana van Berlo (1966) - former member of disco/pop girl group Luv'

Twin towns - sister cities

Helmond is twinned with:

• Zielona Góra in Poland (since 1993) ^[2]

References

External links

• (Dutch) Official Website
• Vlisco

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Coordinates: 51°29′N 5°40′E / 51.483°N 5.667°E / 51.483; 5.667

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