Tilburg
Tilburg | |
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City and municipality | |
The Heuvel, a central square being overlooked by the Heuvelse kerk | |
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Interactive map outlining Tilburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°33′27″N 5°5′26″E / 51.55750°N 5.09056°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Theo Weterings (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 118.13 km2 (45.61 sq mi) |
| • Land | 116.17 km2 (44.85 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.96 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (municipality, January 2021; urban and metro, May 2014) | |
• Municipality | 221,947 |
| • Density | 1,911/km2 (4,950/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 233,339 |
| • Metro | 300,249 |
| • Metro region | 553,706 |
| • Brabant metropolitan area | 1,944,588 |
| Demonym | Tilburger |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5000–5049, 5056, 5070–5071, 5074 |
| Area code | 013 |
| Website | www |
Tilburg (Dutch: [ˈtɪlbʏr(ə)x] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 229,833 (January 2, 2024), it is the second-largest city or municipality in North Brabant after Eindhoven and the seventh-largest in the Netherlands.
Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences.
There are three railway stations within the municipality: Tilburg, Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg Reeshof. The 75-hectare (185-acre) "Spoorzone" area around Tilburg Central station, once a Dutch Railways train maintenance yard, has been purchased by the city and is being transformed into an urban zone.