Schijndel

Schijndel is a town and former municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Schijndel is located approximately 14 km southeast of 's-Hertogenbosch. Schijndel was founded on 6 December in the year 1309. On 1 January 2017 Schijndel, together with Veghel and Sint-Oedenrode, merged into a new municipality called Meierijstad creating the largest municipality of the province North-Brabant in terms of land area.

Population centres

 * Schijndel
 * Wijbosch

The municipality had a population of 23,705 in. This figure has remained virtually unchanged since the 1990s.

Topography


Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Schijndel, June 2015

Notable residents

 * Gérard Buzen, Belgian general\minister of defense
 * André Gevers, cyclist
 * Winy Maas, architect
 * Wiljan Vloet, football manager
 * Rai Vloet, football player and son of Wiljan Vloet
 * Carli Hermès, photographer and director
 * Jack de Gier, football player
 * Hein van de Geyn, jazz bassist
 * Sissy van Alebeek, cyclist
 * Ronald Mutsaars, cyclist
 * Manon van den Boogaard, football player
 * Said Ali Hussein, football player

Trivia
In the 2010 film New Kids Turbo, the city is hit by a huge bomb that was originally intended to destroy neighboring Maaskantje. Finally, in the sequel New Kids Nitro, a bitter fight rages between a group of young men and a woman from Schijndel and a group of young men from Maaskantje. This also brought Schijndel to the attention of New Kids fans, who had previously almost exclusively traveled to Maaskantje to visit locations from the series and the films.