Heeze-Leende
# Heeze-Leende

Heeze-Leende (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven. It is known for Heeze Castle (Kasteel Heeze).

The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group and is very similar to colloquial Dutch.

## Population centres

* Heeze
* Leende
* Sterksel

### Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heeze-Leende, June 2015

## Notable people

* Jan Moninckx (ca.1656 in Leende - 1714) a Dutch botanical artist and painter
* Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (1883 in Heeze – 1978) a Dutch politician, diplomat and agronomist.
* Thomas Horsten (born 1994 in Heeze) a Dutch professional footballer

## Gallery

* Catharinakerk, Beukenlaan, Sterksel
* Pastoor Thijsenlaan, Sterksel
* Jan Deckersstraat, Heeze
* Molen, Sint Victor Geldrop
