Zevenbergen is located in the northwest of the province of North Brabant near Breda.

Zevenbergen (literal translation: Seven Mountains) is presumably named after the hills that formed a natural barrier of protection during the time of the Roman Empire.

Archeological excavations in 1964 and 1965 revealed that two of the hills were already present during the Bronze Age.

As a result of the sugar transport requirement, Zevenbergen got its railways, as well as the harbour located at the end of the "Mark" canal.

Zevenbergen was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Fijnaart en Heijningen, Klundert, Standdaarbuiten and Willemstad.