Southern Netherlands
North Brabant
Gilze en Rijen Municipality

Gilze

Gilze is a village in , and has about 7,890 residents. Gilze is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Village with 7,890 residents
  • Description: village in Gilze en Rijen, the Netherlands
  • Postal code: 5126

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gilze-Rijen Air Base.

Aerodrome
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a military airbase in the south of . It is known for having the hottest temperature ever measured in the , with a temperature of 40.7 °C, on July 25, 2019. is situated 3 km northwest of Gilze.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include ’t Zand, Alphen-Chaam and Rijen.

Hamlet
't Zand is a hamlet in the province of , in the municipality of . It was first mentioned in 1980 and means sand. 't Zand is a villa ward and recreational site near Alphen. is situated 5 km south of Gilze.

Town
Photo: G.Lanting, CC BY 3.0.
is the largest place in the municipality of . The city hall is located here. is situated north of the A58, between and . Surrounding places are: Dorst, and Oosterhout. is situated 5 km north of Gilze.

Suburb
The , is a district of the municipality in the . The district has 42,696 inhabitants, which makes the the largest district of Tilburg. The mostly consists of new-built houses from 1980 or later. is situated 6 km northeast of Gilze.

Gilze

Latitude
51.54165° or 51° 32′ 30″ north
Longitude
4.94439° or 4° 56′ 40″ east
Population
7,890
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL GZE
Open location code
9F36GWRV+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3531599771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2755507
Wiki­data ID
Q2068159
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Gilze” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Gilze”
  • Chinese: “Gilze”
  • Danish: “Gilze”
  • Dutch: “Gilze”
  • French: “Gilze”
  • German: “Gilze”
  • Irish: “Gilze”
  • Limburgan: “Gilze”
  • Lithuanian: “Gilzė”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gilze”
  • Russian: “Гилзе”
  • Spanish: “Gilze”

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Notable Places Nearby

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