Meersel-Dreef

Netherlands / Noord-Brabant / Breda /
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Meersel-Dreef is a village and parish since the merger with municipality Hoogstraten.
More than half of the population is Dutch. Meersel remained long very rural. Further north, at the border with the Netherlands a new hamlet was developed called "Dreef".
This hamlet was more inhabited, and with the merger of Meersel with Hoogstraten the choose was made to merge Meersel and Dreef to Meersel-Dreef.
This area is also the northern most point of Belgium.

Inhabitants: 1.080 (2005)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   51°29'42"N   4°46'22"E

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