city, the chief of a circle of the same name, in the province of South Brabant, in the Netherlands. It is well built and strongly fortified, and the country around can be flooded for defence in case of necessity. It is connected with the sea by a navigable canal, which communicates with the mouth of the Maas. It is celebrated for the peace concluded here in 1667. It contains about 1000 houses and 10,500 inhabitants. Long 4° 40' 19" E. Lat. 51° 25' 29" N.