Gestel en Blaarthem (often shortened to Gestel) is an area of the municipality of Eindhoven, Netherlands. On 1 January 2005 nearly 27,000 people lived in this part of Eindhoven. Gestel consists of three neighbourhoods: Rozenknopje (with Hagekamp, Oude Spoorbaan and Schrijversbuurt), Oud Gestel (with Rapelenburg, Bennekel, Blaarthem, Genderdal, Gennep and de Beemden) and Oud Kasteel (with Genderbeemd, Ooievaarsnest and Hanevoet).