Veldhoven

Veldhoven is a municipality and town on the Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven, in the province of North Brabant.

Topography
Map of Veldhoven (town), Dec. 2013

Population centres
The modern town of Veldhoven is an agglomeration of former rural villages that in the twentieth century grew together to form one large suburban area catering to Eindhoven commuter needs. The villages are: Veldhoven proper to the southwest; Meerveldhoven to the southeast; Oerle to the west; and Zeelst to the northeast. A new city center was constructed between Zeelst and Veldhoven.

Economy
Veldhoven is home to the headquarters of the manufacturer of high-tech (semiconductor) lithography equipment ASML. As of 2022, the company employed over 14,000 people—equivalent to nearly one third of the town's population. ASML occupies the tallest building (83 meters) in Veldhoven. The municipality features a large industrial and office area along the Gender, which also includes the second-largest hospital in the Eindhoven urban region, Máxima Medisch Centrum.

Veldhoven Centrum
Veldhoven Centrum has over 100 shops with famous brands covering restaurants, groceries, fashion products, jewelry and banks, and a market every Monday for fruit and produce. It also has services such as a library and municipal and VVV offices.

Culture
The yearly festival Cult en Tumult offers a varied program of art and culture in the broadest sense. Theatre De Schalm is near the City Centrum.

The spoken language is Kempenlands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).

Town council
The current town council of Veldhoven was elected at the 2022 local elections.

Transport
Eindhoven Airport is near Veldhoven, on the border with Eindhoven in Meerhoven, close to the A2 and A67 motorways.

Notable people

 * Willem Adams (1937 in Veldhoven–2022) a Dutch painter
 * Jan Cornelius van Sambeek (1886 in Veldhoven–1966 in Kabanga) a Dutch White Fathers missionary in Tanganyika
 * Marius van Amelsvoort (1930–2006 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician and diplomat
 * Hendricus Stoof (born 1962 in Veldhoven) a professor of theoretical physics at Utrecht University
 * Henrieke Goorhuis (born 1990 in Veldhoven) a Dutch cartoonist and illustrator
 * Raoul van Grinsven (born 1974) stage name DJ Zany, a disc jockey, owns Fusion Records, lives in Veldhoven
 * Anita Groener (born 1958 in Veldhoven) a Dutch artist
 * Mau Heymans (born 1961 in Veldhoven) a Dutch Disney comics artist and writer
 * Jessy Seuntiens (born 1980 in Oerle) stage name Jesselyn, is a Dutch DJ
 * Daan de Kort (born 1992 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician
 * Tiny Kox (born 1951 in Veldhoven) a Dutch politician
 * Teun Luijkx (born 1986 in Veldhoven) a Dutch actor
 * Maartje Verhoef (born 1997 in Veldhoven) a Dutch fashion model

Sport

 * John van den Akker (born 1966 in Veldhoven) a Dutch former cyclist
 * Rob van Boekel (born 1987 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer
 * Kayleigh van Dooren (born 1987 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer
 * Gerard Egelmeers (born 1999 in Veldhoven) a former Olympic rower
 * Toon Geurts (1932 in Veldhoven – 2017) a Dutch sprint canoer, silver medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics
 * Ingrid Teeuwen (born 1981 in Veldhoven) a Dutch weightlifter
 * Eelco Horsten (born 1989 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer
 * Maud Kaptheijns (born 1994 in Veldhoven) a Dutch cyclist
 * Corné van Kessel (born 1991 in Veldhoven) a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist
 * Paco van Moorsel (born 1989 in Veldhoven) a Dutch footballer with 280 club caps
 * Milou van der Heijden (born 1990 in Veldhoven) a professional squash player