Heeze-Leende (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦeːzə ˈleːndə] ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands, near Eindhoven, North Brabant. It is known for Heeze Castle (Kasteel Heeze).
The spoken language is "Heeze-en-Leendes", a distinct dialect within the East Brabantian dialect group and is very similar to colloquial Dutch.
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Population centres
Heeze
Leende
Sterksel
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Heeze-Leende, June 2015
Notable people
Jan Moninckx (ca.1656 in Leende - 1714) a Dutch botanical artist and painter
Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers (1883 in Heeze – 1978) a Dutch politician, diplomat and agronomist.
Thomas Horsten (born 1994 in Heeze) a Dutch professional footballer