Roosendaal

Roosendaal

▪ municipality, The Netherlands
in full  Roosendaal En Nispen,  

      gemeente (municipality), southwestern Netherlands (Netherlands, The), near the Belgian border. Roosendaal (“Valley of Roses”) developed after the inhabitants of surrounding hamlets, including Nispen, were granted permission to build a church there in 1268. Peat digging was an early economic activity. Today Roosendaal is a rail junction on the Rotterdam-Antwerp line, with railway repair shops, and an industrial centre with varied manufactures. Pop. (2007 est.) 77,450.

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