title: Reusel-De Mierden
text: # Reusel-De Mierden
  
  Reusel-De Mierden (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands. It is located in the North Brabant province, and has an area of 78.66 $km^2$ (30.37 sq mi). It had a population of 13,127 in 2021.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  * Hooge Mierde
  * Hulsel
  * Lage Mierde
  * Reusel
  
  ### Topography
  
  Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Reusel-De Mierden, June 2015
  
  ## Genealogy
  
  Reusel-De Mierden erroneously appears in more than a million family trees as a place of origin or residence. This is due to a software error that changed "Holland" to "Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands."
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Steven Mierdman (ca.1510 in Hooge Mierde – 1559) a Dutch printer of Reformation books
  * Harry van Gestel (born 1953 in Reusel) a Dutch artist and painter
  * Geert van der Weijst (born 1990 in Reusel) a former Dutch cyclist
  