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