De Rips

This article is about the Dutch municipality. For other uses, see rips (disambiguation).

De Rips is a village east of Helmond and Eindhoven in southern part of the Netherlands. Until the late 1990s it formed the municipality of Bakel and Milheeze alongside Milheeze and Bakel, but in 1997 it was forced to merge with the larger Gemert municipality.^[3]

De Rips
Village
Houses in De Rips
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Coordinates: 51°33′9″N 5°48′27″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Gemert-Bakel
Established	1921
Area [1]
• Total	25.57 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,160
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5764[1]
Dialing code	0493

The village was first mentioned in 1544 as Ripse Paal, and refers to a border pole close to the stream Rips.^[4]

De Rips was located in the Peel, a large heath area. In 1871, 400 hectares (990 acres) was bought by Cornelis Carp who built a farm in 1875 on land which was named after the border pole. The land was cultivated and more farms were built. The village was founded in 1921 by the Heidemij (nowadays: Arcadis) as a planned settlement with church, school and houses.^[3]

Gallery

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  Farm in De Rips
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  Clergy house
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  Factory