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Roerdalen
Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roerdalen (Dutch: [ruːrˈdaːlə(n)] ⓘ; Limburgish: Roerdale [ʀuːʀˈdaːlə]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of January 2021, it had about 20580 inhabitants and borders Germany.
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Roerdalen
Roerdale | |
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![]() Church in Melick | |
![]() Location in Limburg | |
Coordinates: 51°9′N 6°0′E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Limburg |
Established | 1 January 1991 |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Monique de Boer-Beerta (VVD) |
Area | |
• Total | 88.79 km2 (34.28 sq mi) |
• Land | 88.21 km2 (34.06 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 20,580 |
• Density | 233/km2 (600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postcode | 6060–6065, 6074–6077 |
Area code | 0475 |
Website | www |
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Roerdalen is the renaming of the municipality of Melick en Herkenbosch in 1993.