Brabantse Stedenrij

Brabantse Stedenrij
Brabantse Stedenrij
Megalopolis
	From top down, left to right: city centre of Eindhoven; Port of Breda, with the Church of Our Lady in the back; City centre of 's-Hertogenbosch with the St. John's Cathedral; Tilburg: Joseph Church, Westpoint, Interpolis, Dionysius Church
	Coordinates: 51°35′N 5°10′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Largest cities	Eindhoven; Tilburg; Breda; 's-Hertogenbosch
Other municipalities	List Helmond; Oss; Roosendaal; Bergen op Zoom; Oosterhout; Waalwijk; Veldhoven; Etten-Leur; Uden; Veghel; Boxtel; Heusden; Geldrop-Mierlo; Valkenswaard;
Area
• CMSA	2,436.37 km2 (940.69 sq mi)
• Land	2,375.38 km2 (917.14 sq mi)
• Water	60.99 km2 (23.55 sq mi)
Population (31 August 2015)
• CMSA	1,944,588
• Density	819/km2 (2,120/sq mi)

Brabantse Stedenrij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbraːbɑntsə ˌsteːdə(n)ˈrɛi]) is a term used in Dutch urban planning to designate the polycentric city region in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It's erroneously translated sometimes into English as "Brabantine City Row"; a term not attested in English outside Wikipedia until LinkedIn adopted it in August 2020. Its population is about 2 million. The main cities are 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Eindhoven, Helmond and Tilburg. Other municipalities of the area are Bergen op Zoom, Oss and Roosendaal. The metropolitan region also includes other large towns such as Boxtel, Etten-Leur, Oosterhout, Uden, Veghel, Veldhoven and Waalwijk.

The Brabantse Stedenrij is home to many large companies. In science, technology & engineering one finds Philips, DAF, VDL, Ciber, Atos, NXP, FEI, GE HealthCare and Thales in Eindhoven, ASML and Navteq in Veldhoven, Vanderlande and Alliance Boots in Veghel, Merck & Co., Aspen and B. Braun Medical in Oss, Fujifilm and Tesla Motors in Tilburg, Bosch Rexroth in Boxtel, and Acer Inc. in 's-Hertogenbosch. Also, the area has a rich agriculture and food industry, e.g. Mars Inc., Agrifirm, Royal Canin and FrieslandCampina's DMV in Veghel, Bavaria in Lieshout, Heineken in 's-Hertogenbosch, Coca-Cola in Dongen, Vion in Boxtel, Perfetti Van Melle in Breda and Unilever's Unox in Oss.

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