Hilvarenbeek is a municipality and a town in the south of the Netherlands, along the border with Belgium. The biggest tourist attraction is called Beekse Bergen, consisting of a safari park, amusement park/playground, holiday bungalow park, and camping parks. In the centre of the town the Sint-Petrus'-Banden is a Gothic church from the 14th and 15th centuries. The tower is a highlight of the Kempen Gothic.

Population centres

The municipality of Hilvarenbeek also includes the following villages with their own churches: • Baarschot (village-like hamlet without church but a Maria cave) • Biest-Houtakker • Diessen • Esbeek • Haghorst In addition, the following parts were historically separate, but are nowadays more like neighbourhoods: • Beerten • Driehuizen • Dun • Gorp • Groenstraat • Groot Loo • Grote Voort • Hoog Spul • Hoogeind • Klein Loo • Kleine Voort • Laag Spul • Rovert • Slibbroek • Westerwijk

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, June 2015.

Notable people

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