Cranendonck
# Cranendonck

Cranendonck (pronounced (listen)) is a municipality in the 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

* Budel
* Budel-Dorplein
* Budel-Schoot
* Gastel
* Heikant, Gastel
* Maarheeze
* Soerendonk

### 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

* Achterzijde van 'Kasteel' Cranendonck te Soerendonk
* Budel - Kerkstraat, Vrouw Visitatie kerk
* Maarheeze - Kerkstraat - Woonhuis
* Zinkfabriek Budel
