Gilze en Rijen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣɪlzə ʔɛn ˈrɛiə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality in the southern Netherlands.

The municipality contains four villages: Rijen, Gilze, Hulten and Molenschot.

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Gilze en Rijen, June 2015 Railway Station: Gilze-Rijen The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.

[6][7] However, a day later, on 25 July, temperatures in Gilze en Rijen reached 40.7 °C (105.3 °F), making it the first place ever in The Netherlands where 40 °C (104 °F) was measured and took away the record back from Eindhoven.

[8] Climate change was found to be the culprit of such hot temperatures in Netherlands.