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Montferland
Municipality
Looking towards the Montferland hills
Looking towards the Montferland hills
Flag of Montferland
Flag
 Coat of arms of Montferland
Coat of arms
Highlighted position of Montferland in a municipal map of Gelderland
Location in Gelderland
Country Netherlands
Province Gelderland
Established 1 January 2005
Government
 • Body Municipal council
Area
 • Total 106.63 km2 (41.17 sq mi)
 • Land 105.68 km2 (40.80 sq mi)
 • Water 0.95 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Highest elevation
93 m (305 ft)
Population
 (May 2014)
 • Total 35,059
 • Density 332/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
6940–6942, 7035–7048
Area code 0314, 0316
Gem-Montferland-OpenTopo
Topographic map of Montferland (June 2015)

Montferland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɔntfərlɑnt]) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Bergh and Didam.

Population centres

Formerly part of Bergh municipality:

  • Azewijn
  • Beek
  • Braamt
  • Kilder
  • Lengel
  • Loerbeek
  • 's-Heerenberg
  • Stokkum
  • Vethuizen
  • Wijnbergen
  • Zeddam

Formerly part of Didam municipality:

  • Didam
  • Greffelkamp
  • Holthuizen
  • Loil
  • Nieuw-Dijk
  • Oud-Dijk

Gallery

  • Beek, de Sint Martinuskerk RM514893 foto4 2015-08-20 13.20

    St Martin's church in Beek

  • Didam, kerk O.L.V. van Altijddurende Bijstand RM12870 IMG 3382 2020-03-22 11.10

    Didam church

  • Kilder, de Sint-Johannes de Doperkerk IMG 4868 2020-04-19 16.27

    Kilder church

  • 's-Heerenberg, huize Bergh RM9268 foto2 2011-04-11 17.21

    Huis Bergh castle in
    's-Heerenberg

  • Stokkum, Düffels Möl RM9286 foto5 2015-05-14 16.45

    Düffels Möl in Stokkum

  • 2007-07-19 13.19 Zeddam, molen2

    Windmill in Zeddam village

Notable people

Sculpture 'De heks van 's-Heerenberg' by Patrick Beverloo, 's-Heerenberg, the Netherlands
Sculpture of Mechteld ten Ham
  • Willem IV van den Bergh (1537 in 's-Heerenberg – 1586) Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen
  • Herman van den Bergh (1558 in 's-Heerenberg – 1611) a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War
  • Mechteld ten Ham (died 25 July 1605) an alleged Dutch witch in the city of 's-Heerenberg
  • Everard Ter Laak (1868 in Didam - 1931) a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary in China
  • Jozef Rulof (1898 in 's-Heerenberg – 1952) a Dutch author and psychic and trance medium or spirit medium
  • Jos Som (born 1951 in Didam) a Dutch politician deputy Mayor of Didam
  • Ernie Brandts (born 1956 in Nieuw-Dijk) a Dutch football manager and former player with 452 club caps
  • Geert-Jan Derksen (born 1975 in Didam) a Dutch rower, silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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