Cranendonck

Cranendonck is a municipality in 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