Goirle
Goirle is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Part of the suburban area of the city of Tilburg, it shares with it its phone area code and public transport system.
The municipality also includes the villages of Breehees and Riel.
Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Goirle, June 2015''Notable people
- Max Steenberghe a Dutch politician and Govt. minister
- John Boxtel a Dutch sculptor of woodcarvings and an art teacher
- Pepijn van Erp a Dutch mathematician, skeptical activist and chess player
- Jan Taminiau a Dutch clothes designer
- Floor Jansen a Dutch singer, songwriter and lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish
Sport
- Tiest van Gestel an archer and team gold medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Huub Zilverberg a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer
- Martin van Geel a retired Dutch footballer with over 430 club caps
- Mathieu Hermans a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer
- Roy Hendriksen a Dutch professional football manager, coach and former player with 438 club caps
- Edwin Hermans a Dutch former footballer with over 360 club caps
- Amanda Hopmans a former professional tennis player
- Björn van der Doelen a retired football midfielder with 249 club caps and a singer/songwriter
- Marcel Meeuwis is a Dutch former footballer with 300 club caps
- Joris Mathijsen a Dutch former footballer with 409 club caps
- Ireen Wüst a Dutch long track allround speed skater, winner of eleven Olympic medals
- Eefje Muskens a Dutch badminton player, competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Michael Kuiper a Dutch mixed martial artist
- Virgil Misidjan a Dutch footballer