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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Megen
| settlement_type         = Small city
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| native_name_lang        = nl
| image_skyline           = File:Megen, de Gevangentoren RM28527 foto5 2016-04-20 12.53.jpg
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| image_caption           = City gate and tower for prisoners
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| image_shield            = Megen wapen.svg
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| pushpin_map             = Netherlands North Brabant#Netherlands
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Oss]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 5366AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 18 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 8
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| area_total_km2          = 5.34
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| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 1,740
| population_as_of        = 2021
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 5366<ref name="stat"/>
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| area_code               = 0412
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|49|13|N|5|33|45|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
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'''Megen''' or '''Meghem''' is a small city in the southern part of the [[Netherlands]], in the province [[North Brabant]], close to the river [[Meuse|Maas]]. It is part of the [[Oss]] municipality. The number of inhabitants is approximately 1700.

== History ==
Megen used to be the capital of the feudal '''County of Megen''' (including [[Haren, North Brabant|Haren]], [[Macharen]] and [[Teeffelen]]) that was founded around 1145. City rights were obtained in 1357. Of the two castles Megen used to have, only one tower is remaining.

In 1810, the County of Megen became a municipality, to which Haren and Macharen were added in 1821. The municipality of [[Megen, Haren en Macharen]] became a part of the municipality [[Oss]] in 1994.<ref>Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. {{cite web|url=http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr%3D20061061 |title=KNAW > Publicaties > Detailpagina |accessdate=December 3, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220041404/http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061 |archivedate=February 20, 2007 }}</ref>

== Ecclesiastical history ==
In 1803 became one of the eponymous components of the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Ravenstein-Megen]], a Roman Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction which was suppressed in 1853, its territory merged into the [[Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch]].

Currently, there are two monasteries in Megen. One is inhabited by the Clarissas (also called the [[Poor Clares]]), followers of St. [[Clare of Assisi]]. The other is occupied by the Franciscans, followers of St. [[Francis of Assisi]].

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Megen panorama, kerk, latijnse school, klooster, hof van lof.JPG|Megen panorama, church, Latin school, Franciscan monastery and its garden
File:Megen rijksmonument 28540 St.Servatiuskerk vooraanzicht Schoolstraat 1.JPG|Church of St. Servatius
File:Megen rijksmonument 516586 Dr.Baptiststraat 13.JPG|House in Megen
File:Ville de Megen 650 ans, le moulin en fête.JPG|Windmill during the 650 year anniversary
</gallery>

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
* [http://www.megen.info Official Website of Megen]

{{Dutch municipality Oss}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Cities in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Oss]]