Roerdalen
Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands
Roerdalen Roerdale | |
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 Church in Melick | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location in Limburg | |
| 51°9′N 6°0′E / 51.150°N 6.000°E / 51.150; 6.000 | |
| 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 (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 is the renaming of the municipality of Melick en Herkenbosch in 1993.
Population centres
- Herkenbosch
- Melick
- Montfort
- Posterholt
- Reutje
- Sint Odiliënberg
- Vlodrop
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015
Notable people
- 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
References
- ^ "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
Media related to Roerdalen at Wikimedia Commons- (in Dutch) Official website
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Populated places in the municipality of Roerdalen
- Herkenbosch [nl]
- Melick [nl]
- Posterholt
- Sint Odiliënberg
- Vlodrop
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