Rucphen


Rucphen is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands between Roosendaal and Etten-Leur, south of the railway, but without a train-station.
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Population centres

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Rucphen, June 2015''

History

In 1300-1350, there were 5 glories founded within the borders of current municipality Rucphen. They were: Sprundel-Nassau, Langendijk, Nieuw Doorlecht, Rucven and Vorenseinde. The current municipality was founded in 1810. Originally the name of the municipality was Sprundel, but later changed to Rucphen. On the night of 28-29 October 1944, Rucphen got freed from the Germans. In 1953 Sint Willebrord got absorbed into municipality Rucphen and Schijf in 1997.

Demographics

As of 2025, Rucphen has 5.145 residents.
As demonstrated in the table below, the biggest age group of Rucphen are seniors.
Age groupPopulationPercentage
0-1571513.9%
15-254909.5%
25-45113522.1%
45-65138526.9%
65+141527.5%

93,6% of residents of Rucphen are born in the Netherlands, 6,4% are foreign-born residents.
39,4% of foreign-born residents are born outside of Europe, 60,6% are born inside of Europe.

Facilities

There are 3 schools in Rucphen; the Sint Martinusschool, an elementary school; Childcenter De Expeditie and Het Munnikenheide College, a middle school. In Rucphen, there is also a pharmacy and a GP. Rucphen has 2 supermarkets, a PLUS and a Lidl.
They also have a fire station.

Transportation

1 bus goes through Rucphen, bus 162. Bus 162 goes from Tolberg, a neighborhood in Roosendaal to Etten-Leur.

Notable people