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Valkenswaard

Temporar sculptures in front of the townhall|thumb|280px Valkenswaard () is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands, in the Metropoolregio Eindhoven of the province of North Brabant. The municipality had a population of in , with an area of of which is water.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Valkenswaard
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Valkenswaard - Markt 53 St. Nicolaaskerk.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church in Valkenswaard
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Valkenswaard.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Valkenswaard wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0858 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Valkenswaard in a municipal map of North Brabant
Settlement.map_caption: Location in North Brabant
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: North Brabant
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: VVD
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Contents

Economy
Population centres
Topography
Partner municipalities
Notable people born in Valkenswaard
Sport
Gallery
References
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The name Valkenswaard stems from its history of falconers, who caught wild falcons there; valk is Dutch for "falcon". It lay on a route where falcons migrated south each year. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Valkenswaardian falconers were active at many European courts, in which falconing was a beloved pastime. Valkenswaard's falcon-catching area has now been built over and falcons are no longer caught there.