Nieuwstadt

Nieuwstadt

Coat of arms
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Municipality Echt-Susteren
Population (1 January 2008) 3,345
Transport
Major roads N276, N297

Nieuwstadt (Limburgish: De Nuujsjtad) () is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Echt-Susteren, and lies about 5 km north of Sittard.

In 2001, Nieuwstadt had 3088 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.74 km², and contained 1235 residences.[1]

Nieuwstadt received city rights in 1271. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Susteren.[2]

References

  1. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

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