Province of North Brabant
Provincie Noord-Brabant (Dutch) | |
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Country | Netherlands |
Inclusion | 1815 |
Capital | 's-Hertogenbosch |
Largest city | Eindhoven |
Government | |
• King's Commissioner | Ina Adema (VVD) |
• Council | States of North Brabant |
Area (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 5,082 km2 (1,962 sq mi) |
• Land | 4,902 km2 (1,893 sq mi) |
• Water | 181 km2 (70 sq mi) |
• Rank | 3rd |
Population (1 January 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,626,210 |
• Rank | 3rd |
• Density | 536/km2 (1,390/sq mi) |
• Rank | 4th |
GDP | |
• Total | €129.513 billion |
• Per capita | €51,200 |
ISO 3166 code | NL-NB |
Religion (2015) | Catholic 48% Protestant 6% Muslim 4% |
HDI (2021) | 0.941[4] very high · 3rd of 12 |
Website | www.brabant.nl |
North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant [ˌnoːrd ˈbraːbɑnt] ; Brabantian: Broabant [ˈbrɑːban]), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant had a population of about 2,626,000[2] as of January 2023. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven (pop. 231,642[5]), Tilburg (pop. 217,259), Breda (pop. 183,873), its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch (pop. 154,205), and Helmond (pop. 94,967)