Roerdalen (Dutch: [ruːrˈdaːlə(n)] ; Limburgish: Roerdale [ʀuːʀˈdaːlə]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of January 2021, it had about 20580 inhabitants and borders Germany.
Roerdalen
Roerdale | |
|---|---|
 Church in Melick | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
  Roerdalen Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 51°9′N 6°0′E / 51.150°N 6.000°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Established | 1 January 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Monique de Boer-Beerta (VVD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 88.79 km2 (34.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 88.21 km2 (34.06 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 20,580 |
| • Density | 233/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6060–6065, 6074–6077 |
| Area code | 0475 |
| Website | www |
Roerdalen is the renaming of the municipality of Melick en Herkenbosch in 1993.
Population centres
edit- Herkenbosch
- Melick
- Montfort
- Posterholt
- Reutje
- Sint Odiliënberg
- Vlodrop
Topography
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Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015
Notable people
edit- Hubert Biermans (1864 in Herkenbosch - 1953) a Dutch and Canadian businessman
- Connie Palmen (born 1955 in Sint Odiliënberg) a Dutch author
- Geert Chatrou (born 1969 in Sint Odiliënberg) a professional whistler
- Jos Verstappen (born 1972 in Montfort) a Dutch former racing driver
- Joeri Verlinden (born 1988 in Melick) a Dutch swimmer, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Gallery
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Windmill (molen van Verbeek) in Sint Odiliënberg -
River Roer -
Ruined Building detail of Kolleg St. Ludwig -
Road between St. Odilienberg Paarlo, looking towards St. Odilienberg -
Basiliek van de H.H. Wiro -
Montfort church -
Voorhof -
Sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein -
Montfort former vicarage. -
Montfort former townhall -
Vlodrop -
Church (de Sint Sebastianuskerk) in Herkenbosch
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References
edit- ^ "Samenstelling college B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Roerdalen. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6077CG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
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Media related to Roerdalen at Wikimedia Commons- (in Dutch) Official website
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