Arcen en Velden

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Country	Netherlands
Arcen en Velden

Province	Limburg
Area (2006)
- Municipality	41.54 km² (16 sq mi)
- Land	39.68 km² (15.3 sq mi)
- Water	1.85 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
- Municipality	8,788
- Density	221/km² (572.4/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Arcen en Velden (pronunciation (help·info)) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.

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During the Eighty Years' War, the villages were repeatedly occupied by Spanish forces.
The villages were captured by the Prussians
They were incorporated by Austria.
In 1794, the French came and stayed 20 years.
In 1815, they became temporary a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) under King Willem I.
Limburg joined the Belgian revolution (Belgische opstand) in 1830. The inhabitants where Belgian until 1839.
After 1839, this the area was added to the Calvinistic Netherlands as "Hertogdom Limburg"

Up until the 20th Century, the Dutch "Above the Moerdijk" (this is the part geographically above the three great rivers in the Netherlands, more precise the provinces North-Holland and South-Holland, didn't consider the area worthwhile. Later integration started and the people from Arcen-en-Velden felt like real Dutch. But the connection especially with their German neighbours was still strong. During World War II the bond lessened.

Translated from Official Website

[edit] External links

Official Website

Limburg Province
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