Grave | |
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City and former municipality | |
 Grave town centre | |
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.svg) Location of the former municipality of Grave in North Brabant | |
  Grave Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands Show map of North Brabant Grave Grave (Netherlands) Show map of Netherlands | |
| Coordinates:51°46′N5°44′E / 51.767°N 5.733°E /51.767; 5.733 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | North Brabant |
| Municipality | Land van Cuijk |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 8,580 |
| • Density | 2,650/km2 (6,860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 5360–5361[1] |
| Area code | 0486 |
| Website | www |
Grave (Dutch:[ˈɣraːvə]ⓘ; formerlyDe Graaf) is a city and former municipality in the Dutch province ofNorth Brabant. The former municipality had a population of 12,486 in 2021. Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities.
The former municipality included the following towns: Grave (capital),Velp,Escharen andGassel.
Grave,Boxmeer,Cuijk,Mill en Sint Hubert, andSint Anthonis merged into the new municipality ofLand van Cuijk on 1 January 2022.
Grave receivedcity rights in 1233.
The former municipality of Grave was formed in the Napoleonic era (1810) and coincided with the fortified Grave and immediate surroundings. The history of the town was thus linked to that of the place.
This changed in 1942. Then there was a reclassification place where the municipality Grave was expanded with the previously independent municipalitiesVelp andEscharen. Moreover, in 1994 the neighboring municipality ofBeers was abolished and a part thereof, the parishGassel, was also added to the municipality Grave.
Near to Grave lies a bridge, now calledJohn S. Thompsonbrug, built in 1929. It is the northern connection toGelderland, spanning the riverMaas. The bridge was one of the key strategic points inOperation Market Garden; the city was liberated at 17 September 1944, suffering very little damage. The bridge was named in 2004 after LieutenantJohn S. Thompson of theUS Army's82nd Airborne Division, who commanded the platoon of the82nd Airborne Division that captured the bridge.
The Hampoort is the old entrance to the city, and it is still largely intact and can be visited.
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