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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Rucphen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Rucphen P1060906.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Street through Rucphen
| image_flag              = Flag of Rucphen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Rucphen wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0840 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Rucphen in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|32|N|4|35|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.rucphen.nl/Def/Personeelsoverzicht/Smoelenboek-College/mr-Marjolein-van-der-Meer-Mohr.html
 |title       = mr. Marjolein van der Meer Mohr
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Rucphen
 |access-date  = 3 June 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202602/http://www.rucphen.nl/Def/Personeelsoverzicht/Smoelenboek-College/mr-Marjolein-van-der-Meer-Mohr.html
 |archive-date = 6 June 2014
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Marjolein van der Meer-Mohr]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Rucphen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Rucphen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Rucphen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 4715RK
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 3 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 10
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Rucphen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Rucphen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Rucphenaar
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 4710–4722, 4735
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0165
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.rucphen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Rucphen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈrʏkfə(n)|pron|219 Rucphen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the southern [[Netherlands]] between [[Roosendaal]] and [[Etten-Leur]], south of the railway, but without a train-station.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*[[Sint Willebrord]] ('''t Heike'') (pop.: 9,320)
*[[Sprundel]] (5,090)
*Rucphen (4,580)
*[[Zegge]] (2,210)
*[[Schijf]] (1,430)
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Rucphen-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015''

== History ==
In 1300-1350, there were 5 glories founded within the borders of current municipality Rucphen. They were: ''Sprundel-Nassau'' (1297), ''Langendijk'' (1354), ''Nieuw Doorlecht'' (1354), ''Rucven'' (1357) and ''Vorenseinde'' (1359). The current municipality was founded in 1810. Originally the name of the municipality was Sprundel, but later changed to Rucphen. On the night of 28-29 October 1944, Rucphen got freed from the Germans. In 1953 Sint Willebrord got absorbed into municipality Rucphen and Schijf in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rucphen - West-Brabants Archief |url=https://westbrabantsarchief.nl/rucphen |access-date=2026-01-09 |website=westbrabantsarchief.nl}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As of 2025, Rucphen (the town) has 5.145 residents.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-07-01 |title=Wijk 00 Rucphen in cijfers en grafieken |url=https://allecijfers.nl/wijk/rucphen-rucphen/ |access-date=2026-01-09 |website=AlleCijfers.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

As demonstrated in the table below, the biggest age group of Rucphen are seniors.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Age distribution of Rucphen
!Age group
!Population
!Percentage
|-
|0-15
|715
|13.9%
|-
|15-25
|490
|9.5%
|-
|25-45
|1135
|22.1%
|-
|45-65
|1385
|26.9%
|-
|65+
|1415
|27.5%
|}
93,6% of residents of Rucphen are born in the Netherlands, 6,4% are foreign-born residents.

39,4% of foreign-born residents are born outside of Europe, 60,6% are born inside of Europe.<ref name=":0" />

== Education ==
There are 3 schools in Rucphen; the Sint Martinusschool, an elementary school; Childcenter De Expeditie and Het Munnikenheide College, a middle school.  

== Transportation ==
1 bus goes through Rucphen, bus 162. Bus 162 goes from [[Tolberg]], a neighborhood in [[Roosendaal]] to [[Etten-Leur]].

== Notable people ==

* [[Hendrik Detmers]] (1761 in Sprundel – 1825) a Dutch general in the [[Battle of Waterloo]]
* [[Dick Jaspers]] (born 1965 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional [[carom billiards]] player 
* [[John Kerstens]] (born 1965 in Zegge) a Dutch politician and former trade union leader
* [[Donny Gorter]] (born 1988) a Dutch professional footballer with over 200 club caps
* [[Tessa ter Sluis]] (born 1995 in Sint Willebrord) a Dutch professional squash player

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Gemeentehuis P1060904.JPG|Oude Raadhuis van Rucphen
File:Heilig Hartbeeld P1060914.JPG|Heilig Hartbeeld aan de zijkant van de Martinuskerk in Rucphen
File:Rucphense Heide P1290477.jpg|Rucphense Heide
File:Dorpsstraat P1060938.JPG|Dorpsstraat in Sint Willebrord
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Heikant, Rucphen]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|http://www.rucphen.nl}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Rucphen
 | North     = [[Halderberge]]
 | Northeast = [[Etten-Leur]]
 | Southeast = [[Zundert]]
 | Southwest = [[Essen, Belgium|Essen]] ([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Antwerp (province)|VAN]])
 | West      = [[Roosendaal]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Rucphen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]


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