Budel

History

It was first mentioned in 779 as Budilio, and means "place with houses". Budel developed in the Early Middle Ages from a collection of agrarian settlements around the Buulder Aa. In 1421, it became part of the Meierij van 's-Hertogenbosch. The Catholic Visitation of the Virgin Mary is a basilica-like church built between 1904 and 1912 with a tall tower. The Schepenhuis is located on the main market and was built in 1771. It has been used as town hall, but also as market. In 1981 and 1982, it was restored and returned to its original shape. Budel was home to 440 people in 1840. Budel used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Maarheeze in 1997, and changed its name a year later to Cranendonck. It is home to the Budelse Brouwerij, one of the country's largest microbreweries. South of the town the large zinc smelter of Nyrstar (named Umicore before 2007) is located. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect).

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  18,792
• European Stonechat

  Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  16,173
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,943
• Great Egret

  Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  15,778
• Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  15,631
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,817
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  12,978
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  12,913

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2021-01-02
  5 km ENE of Eynatten, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2018-05-25
  1 km S of Reppel, Belgium
• M 2.9 — 2013-01-20
  0 km WNW of Brachterbeek, Netherlands
• M 4.2 — 2011-09-08
  3 km ENE of Heijen, Netherlands
• M 4.1 — 2009-07-24
  2 km NW of Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
• M 3.2 — 2008-12-25
  6 km ESE of Rheinberg, Germany