Effen

Effen
Village
Sight on the church of Effen
Flag
Map of Effen within municipality Breda in red
Country	Netherlands
Province	North Brabant
Municipality	Breda
Area
• Total	8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
• Land	8.93 km2 (3.45 sq mi)
• Water	0.05 km2 (0.019 sq mi)
Population  (2025)
• Total	870
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym	Effennaar
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (Central European Summer Time)
Postal code	4838
Area code	076

Effen is a village part of municipality Breda. Effen borders Liesbos, Mastbos, Princenhage and Rijsbergen.

Effen was first mentioned in 1310. The name originally ended with heem, which means house or residence.¹ The village Effen came later, in the 1800s-1900s.² Effen was freed from the Germans on October 28, 1944. Effen became part of municipality of Breda in 1942.³

As demonstrated in the table below, the biggest age group of Effen are middle-aged adults (aged 45–65).

92% of residents are born in the Netherlands, 8% are foreign-born residents.

35,7% of foreign-born residents are born outside of Europe, 64,3% are born inside of Europe.⁴

At the Effenseweg, there is a child center called De Avonturier.⁵ At the Oude Rijsbergsebaan, there is a GP called Kloosterman.

Bus 374 goes through Effen. The exact path of Bus 374 is:

Zundert - Rijsbergen - Effen - Breda railway station - Terheijden - Wagenberg - Made