Helmond

"Helmond" () is a municipality and a city in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands.

Population centres
*Brouwhuis
*Rijpelberg
*Dierdonk
*Helmond
*Mierlo-Hout
*Brandevoort
*Stiphout

The city of Helmond
First settlements in the area were around 1000, and Helmond was granted city rights in approximately 1232.
The centre of Helmond has a castle which was built by Jan III van Berlaer around 1350.
Helmond has many textile companies. The "Vlisco" factory is located next to the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal which runs through the city.

Helmond is home of the professional football team of Helmond Sport.

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"Railway stations": Helmond, Helmond Brouwhuis, Helmond Brandevoort, Helmond "t Hout

Notable people born in Helmond
:"See also People from Helmond"
* Franz Jozef Van Beeck (1930) – author and theologian
* Lisette Sevens (1949) – field hockey player
* René and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951) – football (soccer) players and twins
* Fieke Boekhorst (1957) – field hockey player
* Berry van Aerle (1962) – football (soccer) player
* Harry van Bommel (1962) – politician
* M. H. Benders (1971) – poet
* Wilfred Bouma (1978) – football (soccer) player
* Nieky Holzken (1983) – thaiboxer
* Stochelo Rosenberg (1968) – Gypsy Jazz performer
* Diana van Berlo (1966) - former member of disco/pop girl group Luv"

win towns - sister citie
Helmond is twinned with:

* Zielona Góra in Poland "(since 1993)"

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