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Gorp, Netherlands
Gorp
is a
hamlet
in the
municipality
of
Hilvarenbeek
, in
the south
of
the Netherlands
near its
border
with
Belgium
. Once
historically
separate
from Hilvarenbeek, it has become a
de
facto
neighborhood
of the larger
town
.
Gorp was the
birthplace
of
physician
,
linguist
, and
humanist
Johannes Goropius Becanus
, whose
Latinized
surname
is
derived
from the town's name.