Roosendaal

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Roosendaal

Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Area	107.21 km²
- Land	106.43 km²
- Water	0.78 km²
Population (2005)	77,603
- Density	729/km²

Roosendaal (pronunciation (help·info)) is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands. Together with surrounding towns it used to form a municipality named Roosendaal en Nispen. Since January 1st, 1997 the municipalities Roosendaal en Nispen and Wouw have merged into the municipality now simply known as Roosendaal.

The city is an important railway hub: the Zwolle-Roosendaal v.v. main line starts and ends here; the Amsterdam-Brussels v.v. international train service passes through Roosendaal, as does the express train Amsterdam-Vlissingen (Flushing) v.v.

The international train service will be cancelled in 2007 with the coming of the HSL-Zuid.

[edit] Population centres

Roosendaal (population: 66,660)
Wouw (4,920)
Heerle (1,900)
Nispen (1,440)
Wouwse Plantage (1,230)
Moerstraten (660)

[edit] The city of Roosendaal

Roosendaal was established in the 13th century.

The professional football team RBC plays in Roosendaal. RBC demoted this year (2006) after having played the worst season in the Dutch football history.

[edit] External links

Official website (in Dutch)
Map
Railway station:
- Departures
- Station facilities (in Dutch)

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