Leudal
Leudal Leudaal (Limburgish) | |
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Coordinates: 51°15′N 5°54′E / 51.250°N 5.900°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Limburg |
Established | 1 January 2007[1] |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Désirée Schmalschläger (GroenLinks) |
Area | |
• Total | 164.91 km2 (63.67 sq mi) |
• Land | 162.73 km2 (62.83 sq mi) |
• Water | 2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[5] | |
• Total | 36,045 |
• Density | 222/km2 (570/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | Parts of 6000 range |
Area code | 0475, 0495 |
Website | www |
Leudal (Limburgish: Leudaal) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on 1 January 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer.
Population centres
[edit]The municipality contains the following population centres:
Topography
[edit]Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015
Notable people
[edit]- Arnold II of Horne (1339 – 1389) Bishop of Utrecht 1371/1378 and Bishop of Liège 1378/1389
- Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn (ca.1524 – 1568) a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands
- Floris of Montmorency (ca.1528 - 1570) a noble and diplomat from the Spanish Netherlands
- Wilhelmus Demarteau (1917 in Horn – 2012) Bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
- Peter J. Peters (born 1957 in Hunsel) a professor of nanobiology, works on electron microscopy
- Carool Kersten (born 1964 in Haelen) a historian of Islam, academic and author
- Stevie Ann (born 1986 in Roggel) a Dutch singer-songwriter
Sport
[edit]- Antonius Bouwens (1876 in Hunsel – 1963) a Dutch sports shooter, bronze medallist at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Peter van de Ven (born 1961 in Hunsel) a former professional footballer with 417 club caps
- Bart Brentjens (born 1968 in Haelen) a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking, gold medallist in the 1996 Summer Olympics and bronze medallist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Edwin Linssen (born 1980 in Neeritter) a former professional footballer with over 450 club caps
- Bryan Linssen (born 1990 in Neeritter) a Dutch professional footballer, with approaching 300 club caps
Gallery
[edit]- Neer
- Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum
- Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel
- Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11, former townhall
References
[edit]- ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2007" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2007]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Samenstelling college van B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Leudal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6093HE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Leudal at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website