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{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Steenbergen
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Steenbergen - Aerial photograph.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Aerial view of Steenbergen
| image_flag              = Flag of Steenbergen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Steenbergen gemeentewapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0851 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Steenbergen in a municipal map of North Brabant
| map_caption             = Location in North Brabant
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|35|N|4|19|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[North Brabant]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = https://www.gemeente-steenbergen.nl/over_de_gemeente/college_van_b_en_w/r.p._%28ruud%29_van_den_belt,_mba/
 |title = Belt van den, Ruud
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Steenbergen
 |access-date = 5 June 2014}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ruud van den Belt]] 
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Steenbergen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Steenbergen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Steenbergen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 4652GA
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 5 June 2014}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 1
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Steenbergen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Steenbergen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Steenbergenaar
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 4650–4655, 4670–4671, 4680–4681, 4756
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0167
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://gemeente-steenbergen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Steenbergen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈsteːmbɛrɣə(n)|-|226 Steenbergen.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a town in the province of [[North Brabant]] in the south of the [[Netherlands]]. The municipality had a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Steenbergen}}}} in {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}} and covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Steenbergen}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Steenbergen}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The municipality is mainly agricultural including a strongly growing [[greenhouse]] sector, but Steenbergen and the nearby town of [[Dinteloord]] also contain some [[light industry]]. A new stretch of A4 motorway under construction is expected to further increase the municipality's attractiveness, allowing easy connections with the large cities of [[Rotterdam]] to the north and the Belgian city of [[Antwerp]] to the south. The connection with the nearby city of [[Bergen op Zoom]] will also be improved as a result.

==Population centres==
[[File:Gem-Steenbergen-OpenTopo.jpg|thumb|265px|Dutch Topographic map of Steenbergen, June 2015]]
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* Steenbergen (population: 12,440)
* [[Dinteloord]] (5,680)
* [[Nieuw-Vossemeer]] (2,400)
* [[Kruisland]] (2,340)
* Welberg (1,118)
* De Heen (440)
* [['t Haantje (North Brabant)|t'Haantje]]
}}
== The city of Steenbergen ==
Steenbergen received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1272.

==Graves of Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick==
{{main|Guy Gibson}}
[[File:RAFgravenSteenbergen.jpg|thumb|left|Graves of RAF Wing Commanders [[Guy Gibson]] and Jim Warwick]]
[[Guy Gibson]], [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] and the first CO of the [[RAF]]'s [[617 Squadron]] which he led in the "[[Operation Chastise|Dam Busters]]" raid in 1943, crashed with his [[de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquito]] aircraft in this municipality. Having returned to operational duties in 1944 after pestering Bomber Command, 26-year-old Gibson was killed along with his navigator, Sqn Ldr Jim Warwick, on a bombing raid on [[Rheydt]] (nowadays a borough of [[Mönchengladbach]]) operating as a [[Pathfinder (RAF)|Pathfinder]] [[Master Bomber]] based at [[RAF Coningsby]], when his [[de Havilland Mosquito]] XX, ''[[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|KB267]]'', crashed near Steenbergen on 19 September 1944. It was assumed for years that he had been shot down, but following the discovery of the wreckage it was found that a fault with the fuel tank selector possibly meant the aircraft simply ran out of fuel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Personal Effects of Guy Gibson on show |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=9936DF59-5056-A318-A8D77C88C6FCC163 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019055620/http://www.raf.mod.uk/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=9936DF59-5056-A318-A8D77C88C6FCC163 |archive-date=Oct 19, 2012 |work=mod.uk}}</ref> An eye-witness account detailed how his aircraft circled Steenbergen and heard its engines 'splutter and stop'.<ref>''Bomber Barons'', Chaz Bowyer (1983) page 165</ref> In 2011 it was revealed the Mosquito may also have been shot down in a [[friendly fire]] incident.<ref>''After The Battle'' no. 155 (2012), page 47,</ref> The graves are in the RC cemetery of Steenbergen. Streets have been named for both Gibson and Warwick, and one of the aircraft's [[propeller]]s is located in the city park as a memorial.
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== Notable people ==
[[File:Schout-bij-nacht Bloys van Treslong 1807.jpg|140px|thumb|Bloys van Treslong, 1807]]
* [[Johan Arnold Bloys van Treslong]] (1757 in Steenbergen – 1824) a Dutch naval officer and [[Patriottentijd|Patriot]]
* [[Jan Maas (cyclist, born 1900)|Jan Maas]] (1900 in Steenbergen – 1977) a Dutch racing cyclist who competed in the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[:nl:Jan_Boezeroen|Johnny Goverde]] (1933 in Steenbergen), a Dutch singer and songwriter known under the pseudonym Jan Boezeroen. 
* [[Niel Steenbergen]] (1911 in Steenbergen – 1997) a Dutch artist, sculptor, painter and medalist
* [[Ella Vogelaar]] (born 1949 in Steenbergen) a retired Dutch politician 
* [[Pierre van Hooijdonk]] (born 1969 in Steenbergen) a retired Dutch international footballer with 551 club caps
* [[Eric Hellemons]] (born 1971 in Kruisland) a Dutch former footballer with 358 club caps and current football coach, 
* [[Nasrdin Dchar]] (born 1978 in Steenbergen) a Moroccan-Dutch actor and presenter <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504719/  IMDb Database] retrieved 27 August 2019 </ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Steenbergen, Gumaruskerk foto4 2010-09-11 12.04.JPG|Steenbergen, church: St. Gummaruskerk
File:Steenbergse haven voorkant.JPG|Front view of the inner harbour of Steenbergen
File:Steenbergen, watertoren foto4 2015-05-30 16.15.jpg|Steenbergen, watertower
File:SteenbergenNoordwal.jpg|Northern City Dike, Steenbergen
File:Gibson and Warwick.jpg|Gibson and Warwick
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Dinteloord en Prinsenland]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Official|http://www.gemeente-steenbergen.nl }}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Steenbergen
 | North     = [[Goeree-Overflakkee]] ([[Zeeland|ZE]])<br>''[[Volkerak]]''
 | Northeast = [[Moerdijk]]
 | East      = [[Halderberge]]
 | Southeast = [[Roosendaal]]
 | South     = [[Bergen op Zoom]]
 | West      = [[Tholen]] ([[Zeeland|ZE]])
}}
{{Dutch municipality Steenbergen}}
{{North Brabant Province}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of North Brabant]]
[[Category:Populated places in North Brabant]]