Smaller townships, also part of Sint-Michielsgestel, are:
Besselaar, Doornhoek, Haanwijk, Hal, Halder, De Bus, De Hogert, De Loofaart, Heikantse Hoeve, Hersend, Hezelaar, Hoek, Kerkeind, Laar, Maaskantje, Middelrode[nl], Nijvelaar, Plein, Poeldonk[nl], Ruimel, Tielse Hoeve, Wielsche Hoeven, Wamberg[nl] and Woud.
Contemporary Sint-Michielsgestel
The municipality consists of a number of villages and rural areas just south and south east of 's-Hertogenbosch. Most inhabitants are commuters preferring to live in these quite villages, while working elsewhere. There is little industrial activity in the villages, but the agricultural sector is important.
Sint-Michielsgestel and Gemonde are in the drainage basin of the river Dommel. Den Dungen, Berlicum and Middelrode are in that of the Aa (Meuse) and the Zuid-Willemsvaart. As a result, there are very few roads connecting these two groups of settlements.
History
The current municipality Sint-Michielsgestel was created in 1996. That year the municipalities of Sint-Michielsgestel, Den Dungen (est. 1810) and Berlicum (est. 1238) were merged. The entire village of Gemonde, which had previously been part of Boxtel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Sint-Oedenrode and Schijndel, was added to the new municipality.
Local government
The municipal council of Sint-Michielsgestel consists of 23 seats, which divided as follows after the March 2026 municipal elections:
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