Laarbeek is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the southern Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was formed in 1997 by the former municipalities Beek en Donk

Beek en Donk

Beek en Donk is a village in the province Noord Brabant, Netherlands. There are 10028 inhabitants.The area of nowadays Beek en Donk has been inhabited for a long time. Tools of stone age nomadic people have been found. The first permanent inhabitants come around 700 AD.In the Middle Ages, the basis...

, Aarle-Rixtel

Aarle-Rixtel

Aarle-Rixtel is a town in the Dutch municipality of Laarbeek in North Brabant. It lies about 4 km north of Helmond. Since 1997 the castle Croy is part of Aarle-Rixtel.Until 1997, Aarle-Rixtel was a separate municipality.-External links:*...

 and Lieshout

Lieshout

Lieshout is a small village in the southern Netherlands, lying about 15 kilometres northeast of Eindhoven. There are 4,300 inhabitants, and the village is famous for its beer brewery called 'Bavaria'....

 (which included the village Mariahout

Mariahout

Mariahout is a small village in the southern Netherlands, lying about 20 kilometres north of Eindhoven. It was founded in 1933, and now has a population of about 1,700. Mariahout is home to a military storage complex as well as a test track for DAF Trucks. Mariahout is the smallest village of the...

). Laarbeek is part of the city region

City region

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 'Samenwerkingsverband Regio Eindhoven', centered around the city of Eindhoven. The town hall is located in Beek en Donk.

Lieshout is home of the Bavaria Brewery, one of the Netherlands' largest breweries which produces for local and foreign markets.

The castle Croy

Croy Castle

The castle Croy is currently no longer inhabited but in use as an office. The castle lies in the Dutch province North Brabant, near the village Aarle-Rixtel which is part of the municipality Laarbeek. From 1642 until 1968 Croy belonged to the municipality Stiphout .Since 1795 beer is brewed near...

 is located near the village Aarle-Rixtel.

Other population centres

Achterbosch, Beemdkant, Broek, Croy, De Hei, Deense Hoek, Ginderdoor, Groenewoud, Heikant

Heikant (Laarbeek)

Heikant is a hamlet in the municipality of Laarbeek, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located about 3 km east of Aarle-Rixtel.Heikant has a population of about 310; this includes a large part of the surrounding countryside....

, Het Hool, Het Laar, 't Hof, Kruisschot, Scheepstal, Strijp, Wolfsputten.