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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Oirschot
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Former city hall of Oirschot
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0823 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Oirschot in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|30|N|5|18|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.oirschot.nl/bestuur-en-beleid/samenstelling_44375/
 |title = Samenstelling
 |trans-title = Members
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Oirschot
 |access-date = 2 June 2014
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203450/http://www.oirschot.nl/bestuur-en-beleid/samenstelling_44375/
 |archive-date = 14 July 2014
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|CDA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Judith Keijzers-Verschelling ]]
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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_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Oirschot}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Oirschot}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 5688AK
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 2 June 2014
 |archive-date = 25 December 2018
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| elevation_m             = 17
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Oirschot}}
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| population_demonym      = Oirschottenaar
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 5090–5091, 5688–5689
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 013, 0499
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.oirschot.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Oirschot-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''Map of the municipality of Oirschot, June 2015'']]

'''Oirschot'''  ({{IPA|nl|ˈoːrsxɔt|-|213 Oirschot.ogg}}; ''Orskot'' in the [[Brabantian dialect|local dialect]]) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and town in the province of [[North Brabant]] (Noord-Brabant) in the southern [[Netherlands]].  It is {{convert|12|km}} from [[Eindhoven]] and {{convert|20|km}} from [[Tilburg]].  The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Oirschot}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* Oirschot
* [[Middelbeers]]
* Oostelbeers
* Spoordonk
* Westelbeers
}}
[[File:Oirschotpetruskerk.jpg|thumb|265px|right|Saint Petrus church]]

== Sights ==
There are more than 300 monuments in the municipality Oirschot.

Some of the historic buildings in the town of Oirschot are:
* The Roman Catholic Church named Sint-Petrus’-Bandenkerk. This 15th and 16th century Gothic church is the biggest building in the town, and has a 73 meter tower
* The old town hall built in 1513 in the town centre
* Maria-church (Maria-kerk).  A 12th-century Romanesque church in the town centre
* Monastery Nazareth (Klooster Nazareth) with a chapel in Neo-Romanesque style (1910)
* Former Brewery De Kroon (Brouwerij de Kroon) built in 1773
* Hof van Solms, palace of Arnoldus Feij (or Arnold Fey)
* The Big Chair (De Grote Stoel) the biggest chair of Europe
* Huize Groenenberg, a house built in 1613

Monuments outside the town include:
* Chapel of the Holy Oak (Kapel van de Heilige Eik), stone chapel dated 1854 built on the foundations of a stone chapel of 1606 (there was another stone chapel and a wooden chapel on the same location before the one of 1606). The chapel of 1606 was demolished by order of the States General in 1649 (Catholicism could not be practiced openly)
* The Old Tower (Oude Toren) of Oostelbeers, a church tower of the 14th century in a patch of forest surrounded by fields
* The Old Church of Middelbeers (Het Oude Kerkje – Oude Sint-Willibrorduskerk) – intact gothic rural church (15th century) typical for the region
* Maria Chapel (Mariakapel) of Westelbeers – chapel dating to 1637; it is unknown why this chapel was not demolished during the 1640s or 1650s like most other Catholic chapels in the region

==Events==
Among the festivals held in Oirschot every year are:
* Zinderend Oirschot 
* Countery & Western weekend

==Politics==
===City council ===
The [[2022 Dutch municipal elections|municipal elections in March 2022]] resulted in the following make-up of the City Council (17 seats in total):<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2022 |title=Oirschot municipal election 2022 |url=https://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/verkiezingen/detail/GR20220316/731210|access-date=2 May 2024|website=verkiezingsuitslagen.nl|language=nl}}</ref>

* De Gewone Man (local party): 5 seats
* [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]: 4 seats
* Dorpsvisie (local party): 3 seats
* Sociaal Progressief Oirschot (local party): 2 seats
* [[VVD]]: 2 seats
* [[Democrats 66|D66]]: 1 seats

=== Mayor ===
The mayor of the municipality is Judith Keijzers-Verschelling, a member of the [[Christian Democrats|CDA]] political party.

== Notable people ==
* [[:nl:Arnold Fey|Arnold Fey, (Dutch Wiki)]] (born 1633 in Oirschot – 1679) a Dutch doctor.
* [[Frans van Lith]] (born 1863 in Oirschot – 1926) a Jesuit priest in [[Central Java]]
* [[Cornelius Van de Ven]] (1865 in Oirschot – 1932) Bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana]]
* [[Carl Romme]] (1896 in Oirschot – 1980) a Dutch politician 
* [[Michiel van Kempen]] (born 1957 in Oirschot) a Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic
* [[Anita Smits]] (born 1967 in Oirschot) a former archer who competed at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Truus Smulders-Beliën]] (1902–1966), first female mayor in the Netherlands
* [[Sophie van Gestel]] (born 1991 in Oostelbeers) a Dutch beach volleyball player, participated in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Oirschot, windmolen de Korenaar RM31347 foto7 2015-08-13 12.38.jpg|Oirschot, windmill: windmolen de Korenaar
File:Oirschot, vestiging van de Jumbo supermarkt foto4 2015-08-13 12.19.jpg|Oirschot, Jumbo supermarket
File:Oirschot, sculptuur op de rotonde bij de Sint Jorisstraat foto5 2015-08-13 12.26.jpg|Oirschot, sculpture near de Sint Jorisstraat
File:Oostelbeers, de Heilige Andreas en Antonius van Paduatoren RM519176 foto2 2014-05-19 12.30.jpg|Oostelbeers, tower: de Heilige Andreas en Antonius van Paduatoren
File:Spoordonk, de Bernadettekerk foto5 2015-08-13 13.04.jpg|Spoordonk, church: de Bernadettekerk
</gallery>

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

==External links==
{{commons category|Oirschot}}
*[http://www.oirschot.nl Official website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Oirschot
 | North     = [[Boxtel]]
 | East      = [[Best, Netherlands|Best]]
 | Southeast = [[Eindhoven]]
 | South     = [[Bladel]], [[Eersel]]
 | Southwest = [[Reusel-De Mierden]]
 | West      = [[Hilvarenbeek]]
 | Northwest = [[Oisterwijk]]
}}
{{North Brabant Province}}

{{Authority control}}

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