{{Infobox settlement | name = Vlijmen | settlement_type = Town | other_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name = <!-- if different from name --> | native_name_lang = nl | image_skyline = File:Abdij Mariënkroon DSCF1854.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Abbey Mariënkroon | image_flag = Vlijmen vlag.svg | image_shield = File:Vlijmen wapen.svg | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | map_caption1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Netherlands | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = North Brabant | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Heusden | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5251AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 16 April 2022 |archive-date = 21 September 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |url-status = dead }}</ref> | elevation_m = 5 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 13.63 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 15,145 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 5251<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = 073 | blank_name_sec1 = Transport | blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads | blank1_info_sec1 = A59 | coordinates = {{coord|51|41|43|N|5|12|43|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}} }} '''Vlijmen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈvlɛimə(n)|-|nl-vlijmen.ogg}}) is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heusden, about 6 km west of 's-Hertogenbosch.<ref name="ANWB">''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.</ref>
Vlijmen was a separate municipality between 1821 and 1997. It was created from part of the former municipality Vlijmen en Engelen. After Haarsteeg and Nieuwkuijk were added to it in 1935, Vlijmen as municipality ceased to exist when it became part of Heusden in 1997.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Michael van Gerwen, professional darts player * Lars Boom, professional cyclist
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Julianastraat 44, Vlijmen.jpg|Church File:Van Greunsvenpark, Vlijmen.jpg|Van Greunsvenpark File:Vlijmen_(Nieuwbouw_Mondriaan).jpg|Apartments File:Vlijmen DSCF3407.JPG|Building Vlijmen </gallery>
==References== <references/>
{{Dutch municipality Heusden}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 1997 Category:Populated places in North Brabant Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant Category:Heusden
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