Steenbergen

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nameSteenbergen
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineSteenbergen - Aerial photograph.jpg
image_captionAerial view of Steenbergen
image_flagFlag of Steenbergen.svg
flag_size100x67px
image_shieldSteenbergen gemeentewapen.svg
shield_size100x80px
image_mapMap - NL - Municipality code 0851 (2009).svg
map_altHighlighted position of Steenbergen in a municipal map of North Brabant
map_captionLocation in North Brabant
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameNetherlands
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1North Brabant
government_footnotes{{cite web
urlhttps://www.gemeente-steenbergen.nl/over_de_gemeente/college_van_b_en_w/r.p._%28ruud%29_van_den_belt,_mba/
titleBelt van den, Ruud
languagenl
publisherGemeente Steenbergen
access-date5 June 2014}}
governing_bodyMunicipal council
leader_partyVVD
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameRuud van den Belt
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
area_water_km2
elevation_footnotes{{cite web
urlhttp://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
titlePostcodetool for 4652GA
languagenl
author
workActueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisherHet Waterschapshuis
access-date5 June 2014}}
elevation_m1
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elevation_min_footnotestags --
population_footnotes
population_total
population_as_of
population_density_km2
population_demonymSteenbergenaar
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostcode
postal_code4650–4655, 4670–4671, 4680–4681, 4756
area_code_typeArea code
area_code0167
website
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| population_demonym = Steenbergenaar | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postcode | postal_code = 4650–4655, 4670–4671, 4680–4681, 4756 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 0167 | website = | footnotes = Steenbergen () is a municipality and a town in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of {{Dutch municipality total area|Steenbergen}} km2 of which {{Dutch municipality water area|Steenbergen}} km2 is water. The municipality is mainly agricultural including a strongly growing greenhouse sector, but Steenbergen and the nearby town of Dinteloord also contain some light industry. A new stretch of A4 motorway under construction is expected to further increase the municipality's attractiveness, allowing easy connections with the large cities of Rotterdam to the north and the Belgian city of Antwerp to the south. The connection with the nearby city of Bergen op Zoom will also be improved as a result.

Population centres

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The city of Steenbergen

Steenbergen received city rights in 1272.

Graves of Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick

Main article: Guy Gibson

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Guy Gibson, Wing Commander and the first CO of the RAF's 617 Squadron which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, crashed with his Mosquito aircraft in this municipality. Having returned to operational duties in 1944 after pestering Bomber Command, 26-year-old Gibson was killed along with his navigator, Sqn Ldr Jim Warwick, on a bombing raid on Rheydt (nowadays a borough of Mönchengladbach) operating as a Pathfinder Master Bomber based at RAF Coningsby, when his de Havilland Mosquito XX, KB267, crashed near Steenbergen on 19 September 1944. It was assumed for years that he had been shot down, but following the discovery of the wreckage it was found that a fault with the fuel tank selector possibly meant the aircraft simply ran out of fuel. An eye-witness account detailed how his aircraft circled Steenbergen and heard its engines 'splutter and stop'. In 2011 it was revealed the Mosquito may also have been shot down in a friendly fire incident. The graves are in the RC cemetery of Steenbergen. Streets have been named for both Gibson and Warwick, and one of the aircraft's propellers is located in the city park as a memorial.

Notable people

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Gallery

File:Steenbergen, Gumaruskerk foto4 2010-09-11 12.04.JPG|Steenbergen, church: St. Gummaruskerk File:Steenbergse haven voorkant.JPG|Front view of the inner harbour of Steenbergen File:Steenbergen, watertoren foto4 2015-05-30 16.15.jpg|Steenbergen, watertower File:SteenbergenNoordwal.jpg|Northern City Dike, Steenbergen File:Gibson and Warwick.jpg|Gibson and Warwick

References

References

  1. {{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
  2. {{Dutch municipality population. dataref
  3. "Personal Effects of Guy Gibson on show". mod.uk.
  4. ''Bomber Barons'', Chaz Bowyer (1983) page 165
  5. ''After The Battle'' no. 155 (2012), page 47,
  6. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504719/ IMDb Database] retrieved 27 August 2019

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