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Leudal

Leudaal  (Limburgish)
Municipality
Water mill Friedesse in Neer
Water mill Friedesse in Neer
Flag of Leudal
Flag
 Coat of arms of Leudal
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Leudal in a municipal map of Limburg
Location in Limburg
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)
 • Total 36,232
 • Density 223/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
Parts of 6000 range
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

Gem-Leudal-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015

Notable people

Bart Brentjens
Bart Brentjens, 1994
  • 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

  • Neer (2485904416)

    Neer

  • Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum

    Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum

  • Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel

    Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel

  • Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11 Voormalig raadhuis

    Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11, former townhall

See also

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