Berg (Valkenburg)

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The St. Monulphus Church in Berg.
The St. Monulphus Church in Berg.

Berg is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, and lies about 7 km east of Maastricht.

In 2001, Berg had 3242 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.67 km², and contained 1201 residences.[1] The larger statistical area "Berg", which includes the hamlet Geulhem and the surrounding countryside, has a population of 3470.[2]

Until 1982, Berg and the neighbouring hamlet of Terblijt constituted the municipality of Berg en Terblijt, which also covered the small hamlets of Geulhem and Vilt.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands, 2007. Figures are for the year 2006. Statistics are available in Google Earth format.


Coordinates: 50°51′42″N 5°47′0″E / 50.86167, 5.78333

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