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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Geldrop-Mierlo
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Centrum Geldrop P1060754.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Geldrop]] town centre
| image_flag              = Geldrop-Mierlo vlag.svg
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1771 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Geldrop-Mierlo in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|25|N|5|34|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]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 2004<ref>{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2004/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2004
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2004
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 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |access-date = 19 May 2014}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = 
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = VVD
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Jos van Bree]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Geldrop-Mierlo}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Geldrop-Mierlo}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
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 |title=Postcodetool for 5664HT 
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 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
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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             = 5660–5667, 5730–5731
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 040, 0492
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.geldrop-mierlo.nl}}
| footnotes               =
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'''Geldrop-Mierlo''' ({{IPA|nl|ˌɣɛldrɔp ˈmiːrloː|-|192 Geldrop-Mierlo.ogg}}) is a municipality in southern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[North Brabant]]. The [[municipality]] was created by the merger of the two former municipalities of [[Geldrop]] and [[Mierlo]] on 1 January 2004.

==Villages==
Geldrop-Mierlo had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Geldrop-Mierlo}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}. It covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Geldrop-Mierlo}}|km2|abbr=on}}. The two villages of [[Geldrop]] and [[Mierlo]] used to be separate municipalities, but joined together after threats from [[Helmond]] to take over Mierlo.

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Geldrop-Mierlo-OpenTopo.jpg|475px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo, June 2015''

==History==
Over the years there have been several archaeological finds relating to prehistoric peoples who lived in or passed through the area. In the area of Geldrop, where over 10,000 years ago reindeerhunters of the so-called Ahrensburg culture placed their tents, two with engravings have been found, among other artefacts.  On one of them a reindeerhorn have been represented, on the other one a dancing little girl, who is called '[[Venus of Mierlo|venus van Mierlo]]'. In the south of Zesgehuchten (district of Geldrop) finds have been done which indicate on small settlements from the New Stone Age (round 3000 BC). Finds from the Roman Time and the early Middle Ages have been found off Genoenhuis and Hoog Geldrop (districts in Geldrop). In the autumn of 1989 nearby 't Zand (cemetery) archaeological unearthings has been carried out. These had a remarkable result. Four settlements were found from the late Roman Time and the Middle Ages: a period which covers the years between 350 and 1225.

== Transportation ==
* [[Geldrop railway station]]

==Notable residents==
[[File:Dries van Agt (1980).jpg|140px|thumb|Dries van Agt, 1980]]
[[File:Lara Stone NYC.jpg|140px|thumb|Lara Stone, 2011]]
* [[Willem van Enckevoirt]] (1464 in Mierlo-Hout – 1534 in Rome) a Dutch Cardinal, [[Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht|Bishop of Utrecht]] 1529 to 1534. 
* [[Dries van Agt]] (born 1931 in Geldrop) former [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]], 1977-1982
* [[A.F.Th. van der Heijden]] (born 1951 in Geldrop) a Dutch writer
* Dr. [[Wijnand van der Sanden]] (born 1953 in Geldrop) a Dutch archaeologist and prehistorian
* [[Raimond Lap]] (born 1959 in Geldrop) a composer of music for toddlers and babies
* [[Rianne Donders-de Leest]] (born 1960) a Dutch politician,  Mayor of Geldrop-Mierlo 2004-2015
* [[Michiel Riedijk]] (born 1964 in Geldrop) a Dutch architect and university professor
* [[Menno Westendorp]] (born 1969 in Geldrop) a Dutch cinematographer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922540/  IMDb Database] retrieved 26 December 2019</ref>
* [[Frank Lammers]] (born 1972 in Mierlo) a Dutch TV and film actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0483576/   IMDb Database] retrieved 26 December 2019</ref> 
* [[Martyn (musician)|Martijn Deijkers]] (born 1975 in Geldrop), stage name ''Martyn'', a Dutch producer and DJ
* [[Job Roggeveen]] (born 1979 in Geldrop) a film director and writer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1971142/   IMDb Database] retrieved 26 December 2019</ref>
* [[Pieter Henket]] (born 1979 in Geldrop) a photographer who lives and works in New York City
* [[Lara Stone]] (born 1983 in Mierlo) a Dutch fashion model<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3893361/   IMDb Database] retrieved 26 December 2019</ref>
=== Sport ===
[[File:Pieter van den Hoogenband (2008-08-25).jpg|140px|thumb|Pieter van den Hoogenband, 2008]]
* [[Ernest Faber]] (born 1971 in Geldrop) a football manager and former player with 248 club caps
* [[Dirk Lippits]] (born 1977 in Geldrop) a Dutch rower, silver medallist in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Pieter van den Hoogenband]] (born 1978) a Dutch former swimmer, triple gold medallist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] and [[2004 Summer Olympics]], grew up in Geldrop
* [[Marcel Balkestein]] (born 1981 in Geldrop) a Dutch field hockey player, team silver medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Roel Koolen]] (born 1982 in Mierlo) a Dutch baseball player, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Mink van der Weerden]] (born 1988 in Geldrop) a Dutch field hockey player, team silver medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Maikel van der Vleuten]] (born 1988 in Geldrop) a Dutch show jumping rider, team silver medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Mitch Dielemans]] (born 1993 in Geldrop) a Dutch competitive archer, competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Centrum Geldrop P1060753.JPG|Centrum Geldrop, Library
File:Glazen huis geldrop 2.JPG|Glazen huis, Geldrop
File:Eindhovenskanaal Gulberg Razob - panoramio.jpg|Eindhovenskanaal Gulberg Razob
File:Dorpsstraat 115, Mierlo.JPG|Dorpsstraat 115, Mierlo
</gallery>

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

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.geldrop-mierlo.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Geldrop-Mierlo
 | North     = [[Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten]]
 | Northeast = [[Helmond]]
 | East      = [[Someren]]
 | South     = [[Heeze-Leende]]
 | West      = [[Eindhoven]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Geldrop-Mierlo| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2004]]