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Leudal
Leudaal (Limburgish)
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Water mill Friedesse in Neer
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Location in Limburg
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Limburg | ||
| Established | 1 January 2007 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 164.89 km2 (63.66 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 162.78 km2 (62.85 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 2.11 km2 (0.81 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) | ||
| Population
(May 2014)
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| • Total | 36,232 | ||
| • Density | 223/km2 (580/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
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| Area code | 0475, 0495 | ||
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
The municipality contains the following population centres:
- Baexem
- Buggenum
- Ell
- Grathem
- Haelen
- Haler
- Heibloem
- Heythuysen
- Horn
- Hunsel
- Ittervoort
- Kelpen-Oler
- Neer
- Neeritter
- Nunhem
- Roggel
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015
Notable people
- 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
- 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
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Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum
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Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel
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Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11, former townhall
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