Heikant, Cranendonck

Coordinates: 51°15′39″N 5°35′0″E / 51.26083°N 5.58333°E / 51.26083; 5.58333
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Heikant
Hamlet
Heikant is located in North Brabant
Heikant
Heikant
Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Heikant is located in Netherlands
Heikant
Heikant
Heikant (Netherlands)
Coordinates: 51°15′39″N 5°35′0″E / 51.26083°N 5.58333°E / 51.26083; 5.58333
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceNorth Brabant
MunicipalityCranendonck
Area
 • Total4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Elevation33 m (108 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total420
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6021[1]
Dialing code0495

Heikant is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Cranendonck,[3] about 1.5 km southeast of Budel.[4]

Together with the hamlets of Meemortel [nl] and Bosch to the north, Heikant has a population of about 420.[1]

According to the 19th-century historian A.J. van der Aa,[5] Heikant (or "De Heikant") consisted of 22 houses and had a population of 140 in the middle of the 19th century. Heikant has no place name signs and consists of about 80 houses and 125 industrial buildings.[6]

Heikant should not be confused with the former hamlet with the same name near Gastel, 4 km to the northwest, or with any of the other hamlets named Heikant in the Netherlands.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2022. combined with Meemortel and Bosch
  2. ^ "Postcodetool for 6021AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland (13th edition), VUGA, 1997.
  4. ^ ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
  5. ^ Abraham Jacob van der Aa, "Aardrijkskundig woordenboek der Nederlanden", vol. 5 (H), 1844, p. 342. "Heikant".
  6. ^ "Heikant (Budel)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2022.