Breda (nld)

Breda

Breda ranks 1,032nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Enfield, London, Pensacola, Florida, and Kristiansand. Memorable people born in Breda include Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Colonel Tom Parker, and Corry Brokken. Memorable people who died in Breda include Pierre Kartner, Kees Rijvers, and Anna van Egmont. Breda has been the birth place of many musicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and singers. Breda is located in Netherlands.

Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. Breda has 185,072 inhabitants on 13 September 2022 and is part of the Brabantse Stedenrij; it is the ninth largest city/municipality in the country, and the third largest in North Brabant after Eindhoven and Tilburg. It is equidistant from Rotterdam and Antwerp. Read more on Wikipedia