Brabant metropolitan area
| Brabant metropolitan area | |||||||||
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| Megalopolis | |||||||||
| Brabantse Stedenrij Brabantine City Row |
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From top down, left to right: city centre of Eindhoven
Port of Breda, with the Church of Our Lady in the back City centre of 's-Hertogenbosch with the St. John's Cathedral Tilburg: , Westpoint, Interpolis, |
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| Coordinates: 51°35′N 5°10′E / 51.583°N 5.167°ECoordinates: 51°35′N 5°10′E / 51.583°N 5.167°E | |||||||||
| Country |
 Netherlands
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| Province |  North Brabant |
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| Largest Cities |
Eindhoven Tilburg Breda 's-Hertogenbosch |
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| Area | |||||||||
| • CMSA | 2,436.37 km2 (940.69 sq mi) | ||||||||
| • Land | 2,375.38 km2 (917.14 sq mi) | ||||||||
| • Water | 60.99 km2 (23.55 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population (31 August 2015) | |||||||||
| • CMSA | 1,944,588 | ||||||||
| • Density | 819/km2 (2,120/sq mi) | ||||||||
Brabantse Stedenrij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbraːbɑntsə ˌsteːdə(n)ˈrɛi̯], English: Brabantine City Row) is a polycentric city region in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Its population is about 2 million. The main cities are 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Eindhoven, Helmond and Tilburg. Other municipalities of the area are Bergen op Zoom, Oss and Roosendaal. The metropolitan region also includes other large towns such as Boxtel, Etten-Leur, Oosterhout, Uden, Veghel, Veldhoven and Waalwijk.
The Brabantse Stedenrij is well known for its innovative science, technology & engineering industry (e.g. Philips, DAF, VDL, Ciber, Atos, NXP, FEI and Thales in Eindhoven, ASML and Navteq in Veldhoven, Vanderlande and Alliance Boots in Veghel, Merck & Co., Aspen and B. Braun Medical in Oss, Fujifilm and Tesla Motors in Tilburg, Bosch Rexroth in Boxtel, and Acer Inc. in 's-Hertogenbosch), as well as for its rich agriculture and food industry (e.g. Mars Inc., Agrifirm, Royal Canin and FrieslandCampina's in Veghel, Bavaria in Lieshout, Heineken in 's-Hertogenbosch, Coca-Cola in Dongen, Vion in Boxtel, and Unilever's Unox in Oss).
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