Roerdalen

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Roerdalen
Roerdale
Municipality
Church in Melick

Flag
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Roerdalen in a municipal map of Limburg
Location in Limburg
Coordinates: 51°9′N 6°0′E / 51.150°N 6.000°E / 51.150; 6.000Coordinates: 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[1]
 • Body Municipal council
 • Mayor Monique de Boer-Beerta (VVD)
Area[2]
 • Total 88.70 km2 (34.25 sq mi)
 • Land 88.15 km2 (34.03 sq mi)
 • Water 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation[3] 28 m (92 ft)
Population (November 2013)[4]
 • Total 20,835
 • Density 236/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postcode 6060–6065, 6074–6077
Area code 0475
Website www.roerdalen.nl

Roerdalen ( pronunciation (help·info)) (Limburgish: Roerdale) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2007, it had about 21,000 inhabitants and borders Germany.

Population centres

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, 2013.

Gallery

  • 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

  • Montfort former vicarage.

  • Montfort former town hall

  • Voorhof

  • Sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein

  • Mill in St. Odiliënberg

  • Vlodrop

References

  1. ↑ "Samenstelling college B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Roerdalen. Retrieved 21 November 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Postcodetool for 6077CG". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 21 November 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 

External links

Roermond Niederkrüchten (DE-NW)
Maasgouw Wegberg (DE-NW)
   Roerdalen  
Echt-Susteren Waldfeucht (DE-NW), Heinsberg (DE-NW) Wassenberg (DE-NW)
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