Schijndel

Schijndel
Town and former municipality
Former monastery in Schijndel
Flag Coat of arms
Schijndel Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Schijndel Schijndel (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°37′N 5°26′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Meierijstad
Merged	2017
Area
• Total	41.66 km2 (16.09 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	23,705
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Demonym	Schijndelaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	5480–5483
Area code	073

Schijndel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxɛindəl] ) is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Schijndel is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December in the year 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijndel, together with Veghel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad creating the largest municipality of the province North-Brabant in terms of land area.

Population centres

• Schijndel
• Wijbosch

The municipality had a population of 23,705 in 2021. This figure has remained virtually unchanged since the 1990s.

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Schijndel, June 2015

Notable residents

See also: Meierijstad § Notable_people

• 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.