Meierij region of North Brabant

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The Meierij region of North Brabant is a historic area in the southeastern Netherlands known for its medieval agrarian landscape and towns such as ’s-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, and Oss.

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Meierij region of North Brabant canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district
historic region
administrativeCenter ’s-Hertogenbosch
borderedBy Campine
linked to: Campine region

Land van Cuijk
Land van Heusden en Altena
linked to: Land van Heusden

Peel region
River Maas
linked to: river Maas
contains Best
Boxtel
Eindhoven
Helmond
Oirschot
Oss
Veghel
’s-Hertogenbosch
country Netherlands
culturalIdentity Brabantian
linked to: Brabant
governedBy meier (bailiff)
linked to: Burgomaster
hasLandscapeFeature heathlands (historically)
small-scale field patterns
wooded areas
hasToponymicDerivative Meierijstad municipality
hasTransportAxis Eindhoven–’s-Hertogenbosch corridor
hasUrbanCenter Eindhoven metropolitan area
linked to: Eindhoven region

’s-Hertogenbosch urban area
linked to: ’s-Hertogenbosch
heritageType cultural landscape
historicalCapital ’s-Hertogenbosch
historicalEconomy agriculture
livestock farming
peat extraction
historicalPeriod Middle Ages
historicalStatus rural hinterland of ’s-Hertogenbosch
knownFor market towns
medieval agrarian landscape
language Meierijs dialect
languageFamily East Brabantian dialects
locatedIn North Brabant
southeastern Netherlands
nowMostlyCorrespondsTo eastern North Brabant
partOf Duchy of Brabant
presentIn province of North Brabant
religionHistoricallyDominant Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oss locatedIn Meierij region of North Brabant
Oijen locatedIn Meierij region of North Brabant