North Brabant

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North Brabant Noord-Brabant (Dutch)
Province
Flag Coat of arms
Location of North Brabant in the Netherlands
Topography map of North Brabant
Country	Netherlands
Inclusion	1815
Capital	's-Hertogenbosch
Largest city	Eindhoven
Government
• King's Commissioner	Ina Adema (VVD)
• Council	States of North Brabant
Area  (2023)[1]
• Total	5,082 km2 (1,962 sq mi)
• Land	4,902 km2 (1,893 sq mi)
• Water	181 km2 (70 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population  (1 January 2023)[2]
• Total	2,626,210
• Rank	3rd
• Density	536/km2 (1,390/sq mi)
• Rank	4th
GDP [3]
• Total	€129.513 billion
• Per capita	€51,200
ISO 3166 code	NL-NB
Religion (2005)	Catholic 57% Protestant 6% Muslim 4.5%
HDI (2019)	0.944[4] very high · 3rd of 12
Website	www.brabant.nl

North Brabant (Dutch: Noord-Brabant [ˌnoːrd ˈbraːbɑnt] ^ⓘ; Brabantian: Broabant [ˈbrɑːban]), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west, and the Flemish provinces of Antwerp and Limburg to the south. The northern border follows the Meuse westward to its mouth in the Hollands Diep strait, part of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. North Brabant had a population of about 2,626,000^[2] as of January 2023. Major cities in North Brabant are Eindhoven (pop. 231,642^[5]), Tilburg (pop. 217,259), Breda (pop. 183,873), its provincial capital 's-Hertogenbosch (pop. 154,205), and Helmond (pop. 94,967)