Deurne

Deurne is a municipality and town in the eastern part of the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. The municipality consists of multiple smaller towns and villages, Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant and Helenaveen, as well as multiple former pendant villages and parishes such as the Sint-Jozefparochie, Zeilberg en Walsberg. Most of these towns are surrounded by quite a few farms. Pig farming is especially big in the municipality, but farming in general can be more diverse.

Deurne borders directly with the Limburg province.

Understand

In 2021, it was home to 32,000 people.

History

By the 13th century there were numerous settlements in what we would now call Deurne. At around the same time other villages in the municipality formed such as Vlierden and Liessel. The people in Deurne have historically largely made their living by agriculture.

During the 19th century the there was an increased need in peat from the nearby Peel. Out of this need multiple villages formed including Neerkant and Helenaveen.

Tourist office

• VVV Deurne, Kerkstraat 2c, ☏ +31 493 323 655, info@vvvdeurne.nl. Tu W Th F 10:00-17:00, Sa 10:00-16:00. For ticket sales, routes, gift cards, local and regional products, cycling or walking trails in the Peel. 

Get in

By train

Deurne has one station which is served by sprinters and by intercity trains in the directions of Venlo and Eindhoven. The closest other stations are Helmond Brouwhuis in one direction and Horst-Sevenum in the other direction.

By car

The N270 goes from Eindhoven through Deurne and ends up in Well near the German border.

By bus

The main bus operator in the region is Bravo, but you can also see Arriva buses departing and arriving which mainly target the Limburg province.

There are numerous bus lines available and 9292 is a good website to check schedules

See

• Ruins of the 'Groot Kasteel', Destroyed during the end of World War II, this former castle has since served many different purposes such as a teahouse and now a nightclub.

Do

• Museum de Wieger, A museum about the early 20th century expressionist artist Hendrik Wiegersma with many paintings by other contemporaries which he collected.

Connect

The international telephone country code for the Netherlands is 31, the area code for Deurne is 0493. If dialling from abroad, use +31 but then leave out the 0 in the area code.

Postal offices have largely disapeared in the Netherlands but orange-coloured postboxes are available in and around the centre of the town.