Steensel is a village on the Gender stream in the municipality

Municipality

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 of Eersel

Eersel

Eersel is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. Eersel is situated in the Campine area....

, North Brabant

North Brabant

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. Steensel is part of the Acht Zaligheden (Eight Delights), along with Eersel

Eersel

Eersel is a municipality and a town in southern Netherlands in the province of North Brabant. Eersel is situated in the Campine area....

, Knegsel

Knegsel

Knegsel is a village in the municipality of Eersel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. Knegsel is part of the Acht Zaligheden , like Eersel, Duizel, Steensel, Wintelre, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel....

, Duizel

Duizel

Duizel is a village in the municipality of Eersel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. Duizel is part of the Acht Zaligheden , like Eersel, Knegsel, Steensel, Wintelre, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel. Duizel has 1.914 inhabitants ....

, Wintelre

Wintelre

Wintelre is a village in the municipality of Eersel in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands. Wintelre is part of the Acht Zaligheden , like Eersel, Duizel, Steensel, Knegsel, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel....

, Netersel, Hulsel en Reusel

Reusel

Reusel is a village and former municipality in the south of the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is one of the villages of the municipality Reusel-De Mierden....

. In 2007, Steensel had 1,376 inhabitants.

The name Steensel appeared first in a document from 1224, in which a certain Henricus and Marcelis were mentioned as knights of Steensel. In 1688, Steensel was plundered and destroyed by French soldiers. In 1810, Steensel became part of the municipality of Duizel and Steensel. In 1922, this municipality then merged into the municipality of Eersel.