Cranendonck () is a municipality in southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).

Population centres

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cranendonck, June 2015

Notable people

• Antonius Mathijsen (1805 in Budel – 1878) a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of Paris

• Hans Teeuwen (born 1967 in Budel) a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker

• Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model

Sport

• Toine van Mierlo (born 1957 in Soerendonk) a retired Dutch footballer with 230 club caps

• Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan (born 1990 in Budel) a Dutch professional basketball player

• Yvon Beliën (born 1993 in Budel) is a Dutch volleyball player, helped the Netherlands reach their first Olympic semifinals at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Gallery

References

External links

• Official website