Rucphen
# Rucphen

Rucphen (pronounced (listen)) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands between Roosendaal and Etten-Leur, south of the railway, but without a train-station.

## Population centres

* Sint Willebrord ('t Heike) (pop.: 9,320)
* Sprundel (5,090)
* Rucphen (4,580)
* Zegge (2,210)
* Schijf (1,430)

### Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015

## Notable people

* Hendrik Detmers (1761 in Sprundel – 1825) a Dutch general in the Battle of Waterloo
* Dick Jaspers (born 1965 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional carom billiards player
* John Kerstens (born 1965 in Zegge) a Dutch politician and former trade union leader
* Donny Gorter (born 1988) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps
* Tessa ter Sluis (born 1995 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional squash player

## Gallery

* Oude Raadhuis van Rucphen
* Heilig Hartbeeld aan de zijkant van de Martinuskerk in Rucphen
* Rucphense Heide
* Dorpsstraat in Sint Willebrord
