Schijndel () is a town and former municipality in the province of North Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands. Schijndel is located approximately southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijndel, together with Veghel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality, Meierijstad, which created the largest municipality of North Brabant by land area.
Population centres Schijndel Wijbosch
The municipality had a population of 23,705 in . This figure has remained virtually unchanged since the 1990s.
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Schijndel, June 2015
Notable residents
Gérard Buzen, Belgian general\minister of defense André Gevers, cyclist Winy Maas, architect Wiljan Vloet, football manager Rai Vloet, football player and son of Wiljan Vloet Carli Hermès, photographer and director Jack de Gier, football player Hein van de Geyn, jazz bassist Sissy van Alebeek, cyclist Ronald Mutsaars, cyclist Manon van den Boogaard, football player Said Ali Hussein, football player
Trivia In the 2010 film New Kids Turbo, the city is hit by a huge bomb that was originally intended to destroy neighboring Maaskantje. Finally, in the sequel New Kids Nitro, a bitter fight rages between a group of young men and a woman from Schijndel and a group of young men from Maaskantje. This also brought Schijndel to the attention of New Kids fans, who had previously almost exclusively traveled to Maaskantje to visit locations from the series and the films.
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