page_title: North Brabant
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: North Brabant / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Overzichtskaart van de provincie, met gemeentegrenzen, grootste kernen en belangrijkste infrastructuur. Samengesteld door Jan-Willem van Aalst uit open geodata. English: Overview map of the province, including municipal borders, largest places and major infrastructure.
context_page_description: North Brabant, also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant has a population of 2,562,566 as of November 2019. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven, Tilburg, Breda and its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch.
context_section_description: With a population density of 501/km², North-Brabant is above average urbanized. The urbanization is at the center of the province at largest, where the 'kite' (the Brabantse Stedenrij Breda, Tilburg, Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch) is located, the rest of the province has a more rural character. The province has preserved some of its scenic nature well. National parks are found at the Loonse and Drunen Dunes, De Biesbosch and De De Groote Peel, on the marshes of the Meierij at Oisterwijk and Boxtel (within an area called Het Groene Woud), the border park Zoom-Kalmthoutse Heide, and in the forested area around Breda. Also, south of Eindhoven named De Kempen is an area with farmlands and forests. In Heeze, also south of Eindhoven, are the heath areas the Groote Heide (333 ha) and Strabrechtse Heath (1500 ha) located. The Strabrechtse Heide holds also the largest fen of the Netherlands. The Beuven (Beu fen) measures 85 hectares.
  Like most of the Netherlands, North Brabant is mostly flat but nearly every part of North Brabant is above sea level; therefore, there are not as many canals as in the lower parts of The Netherlands. Although most of the population lives in urban areas, the province is scattered with villages around which most of the land is cultivated.
  National Parks in North Brabant are:
  De Biesbosch; National Park;	North Brabant / South Holland;	7.100 ha;	1994
  De Zoom-Kalmthoutse Heide; Cross-Border Park;	North Brabant / Antwerp (Belgium);	3.750 ha;	2001
  De Loonse en Drunense Duinen; National Park;	North Brabant;	3.400 ha;	2002
  De Grote Peel; National Park; 	North Brabant / Limburg;	1.340 ha;	1993
caption: Map of North Brabant (2019)
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