Boxmeer

Boxmeer ([bɔksˈmeːr] ^ⓘ) is a town and former municipality in upper southeastern Netherlands. Boxmeer as a municipality incorporated the former municipality of Beugen en Rijkevoort and that of Vierlingsbeek.

One of the population centers of the former municipality is Overloon, where the Overloon War Museum is located.

Boxmeer, Cuijk, Grave, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.

Topography

The population in parts of the former municipality on 31 December 2020 was:^[3]

Dr Anna Terruwe (1911 in Vierlingsbeek – 2004) a Catholic psychiatrist who discovered emotional deprivation disorder
Joannes Gijsen (1932 in Oeffelt – 2013) a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Roermond and Reykjavík
Emile Roemer (born 1962 in Boxmeer) a Dutch politician
Hugo van der Velden (born 1963 in Boxmeer) a Dutch art historian
Charles Deenen (born 1970 in Holthees) a Dutch computer/video game audio director, music composer, sound designer and mixer
Dionne Stax (born 1985 in Boxmeer) a Dutch journalist and newsreader

Sjaak Lucassen (born 1961 in Maashees) a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider
Niels Fleuren (born 1986 in Boxmeer) a Dutch professional footballer with 420 club caps
Sander de Wijn (born 1990 in Boxmeer) a Dutch field hockey player, silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Kika van Es (born 1991 in Boxmeer) a Dutch football defender

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^ "Postcodetool for 5831JX". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ "CBS in uw buurt" (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 28 September 2021.