Tilburg
City in North Brabant, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tilburg (Dutch: [ˈtɪlbʏr(ə)x] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 222,601 (1 July 2021), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-largest in the Netherlands as a whole.
Tilburg | |
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City and municipality | |
Coordinates: 51°33′N 5°5′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | North Brabant |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Theo Weterings [nl] (VVD) |
Area | |
• Municipality | 118.13 km2 (45.61 sq mi) |
• Land | 116.17 km2 (44.85 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.96 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population | |
• Municipality | 221,947 |
• Density | 1,911/km2 (4,950/sq mi) |
• Urban | 233,339 |
• Metro | 300,249 |
• Metro region [nl] | 553,706 |
• Brabant metropolitan area | 1,944,588 |
Demonym | Tilburger |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 5000–5049, 5056, 5070–5071, 5074 |
Area code | 013 |
Website | www |
Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Tilburg is known for its ten-day-long funfair,[7] held in July each year. The Monday during the funfair is called "Roze Maandag" (Pink Monday) and is primarily LGBT-oriented.
There are three railway stations within the municipality: Tilburg, Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg Reeshof. The 75-hectare (185-acre) "Spoorzone" area around Tilburg Central station, once a Dutch Railways train maintenance yard, has been purchased by the city and is being transformed into an urban zone.