Rijen
Rijen is the largest place in the Dutch municipality of Gilze en Rijen. The city hall is located here. Rijen is situated north of the A58, between Breda and Tilburg. Surrounding places are: Dorst, Dongen and Oosterhout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 16,800 residents
- Description: village in Gilze en Rijen, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Reijen”
- Postal codes: 5121 and 5122
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maria Magdalenakerk and Gilze-Rijen railway station.
Gilze-Rijen railway station
Railway station
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gilze-Rijen is a railway station located in Rijen, Netherlands in the municipality Gilze en Rijen. Although the railway station is located in Rijen, it's called Gilze-Rijen because of the Gilze-Rijen Air Base, just south of Rijen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorst and Reeshof.
Dorst
Village
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorst is a village in the municipality Oosterhout, in the Dutch province North Brabant. Dorst is located near Rijen and the nearest cities are Breda, Oosterhout and Tilburg. Dorst is situated 4 km west of Rijen.
Reeshof
Suburb
The Reeshof, is a district of the municipality Tilburg in the Netherlands. The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the Reeshof the largest district of Tilburg. The Reeshof mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later. Reeshof is situated 5 km east of Rijen.
Bavel
Village
Bavel is a village in southern Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of North Brabant, largely within the municipality of Breda with some rural areas in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam. Bavel is situated 7 km west of Rijen.
Rijen
- Categories: village, cadastral populated place in the Netherlands, and locality
- Location: Gilze en Rijen Municipality, North Brabant, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.58799° or 51° 35′ 17″ northLongitude
4.91945° or 4° 55′ 10″ eastPopulation
16,800Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL RJEOpen location code
9F36HWQ9+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 5310681751OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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