Oss
municipality in the Netherlands
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Summary
Oss is a municipality of the Netherlands[1]. Oss ranks in the top 9% of municipality of the netherlands entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,086 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: North Brabant[3]
- Country: Netherlands[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Meuse[5]
- Head of government: Wobine Buijs-Glaudemans[6]
- Capital: Oss[7]
- Shares border with: Maasdriel[8], West Maas en Waal[9], Land van Cuijk[10], Maashorst[11], Bernheze[12], 's-Hertogenbosch[13], Wijchen[14]
- Flag: Vlag van Oss[15]
- Coat of arms: Wapen van Oss[16]
- Postal code: 5340–5349[17]
- Commons category: Oss[18]
- Licence plate code: N[19]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[20]
- Local dialing code: 0486[21]
- Archives at: Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum[22]
- Official website: https://www.oss.nl/[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Oss[24]
- Commons gallery: Oss[25]
- Email address: mailto:Gemeente@oss.nl[26]
- Population: 90,019[27], 90,376[28], 90,951[29], 91,451[30], 3844[31], 4235[32], 4334[33], 4342[34], 4970[35], 7549[36], 7753[37], 8429[38], 11,470[39], 14,618[40]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Oss[41]
- Replaces: Lith[42], Ravenstein[43]
- Contains settlement: Oss[44], Berghem[45], Ravenstein[46], Lith[47], Herpen[48], Megen[49], Maren-Kessel[50], Oijen[51], Lithoijen[52], Haren[53], Macharen[54]
Why It Matters
Oss has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Oss is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]