Sint-Michielsgestel () is a municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands. It is named for the village of Sint-Michielsgestel located within its boundaries.
Population centres Berlicum Den Dungen
Sint-Michielsgestel Smaller townships, also part of Sint-Michielsgestel, are: Besselaar, Doornhoek, Haanwijk, Hal, Halder, De Bus, De Hogert, De Loofaart, Heikantse Hoeve, Hersend, Hezelaar, Hoek, Kerkeind, Laar, Maaskantje, , Nijvelaar, Plein, , Ruimel, Tielse Hoeve, Wielsche Hoeven, and Woud.
Contemporary Sint-Michielsgestel
The municipality consists of a number of villages and rural areas just south and south east of 's-Hertogenbosch. Most inhabitants are commuters preferring to live in these quite villages, while working elsewhere. There is little industrial activity in the villages, but the agricultural sector is important.
Sint-Michielsgestel and Gemonde are in the drainage basin of the river Dommel. Den Dungen, Berlicum and Middelrode are in that of the Aa (Meuse) and the Zuid-Willemsvaart. As a result, there are very few roads connecting these two groups of settlements.
History
The current municipality Sint-Michielsgestel was created in 1996. That year the municipalities of Sint-Michielsgestel, Den Dungen (est. 1810) and Berlicum (est. 1238) were merged. The entire village of Gemonde, which had previously been part of Boxtel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Sint-Oedenrode and Schijndel, was added to the new municipality.
Local government The municipal council of Sint-Michielsgestel consists of 23 seats, which divided as follows after the March 2026 municipal elections: De Gestelse Coalitie (SMG) - 7 seats Local Political Alliance (PPA) - 6 seats D66 - 3 seats GroenLinks/PvdA - 2 seats CDA - 2 seats VVD - 2 seats DorpsGoed - 1 seat Since the March 2026 elections, the municipal board (college van burgemeester en wethouders) is formed by the SMG and the PPA.
Notable people
Gerrit Braks (1933–2017) a politician and agronomist Cas Wouters (born 1943–2025) a sociologist who embraced figurational sociology Anneke van Giersbergen (born 1973) a singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist; IMDb Database retrieved 30 March 2020 formerly of The Gathering
Sport Jan van Grinsven (born 1960 in Den Dungen) a former football goalkeeper with 484 club caps Ronald Jansen (born 1963) a former field hockey goalkeeper, gold medallist in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics Kees Akerboom Jr. (born 1983) a retired basketball player Tom van Weert (born 1990) a retired footballer who played for clubs in the Netherlands, Denmark and Greece
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