Broekhuizen, Limburg

Broekhuizen
Brokeze
Dorp
Coordinates: 51°29′7″N 6°9′48″E / 51.48528°N 6.16333°ECoordinates: 51°29′7″N 6°9′48″E / 51.48528°N 6.16333°E
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Municipality Horst aan de Maas
Population (2007) 780

Broekhuizen (51°29′N 6°10′E / 51.483°N 6.167°E) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, and lies about 14 km north of Venlo.

Broekhuizen was a separate municipality until 2001, when it was merged with Horst aan de Maas.[1]

The village exists at least since 1461. The castle of Broekhuizen was destroyed at the Battle of Broekhuizen in 1944.

In 2001, Broekhuizen had 601 inhabitants. The built-up area of the village was 0.15 km², and contained 236 residences.[2]

References

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

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