Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)
This article gives a list of current and former municipalities of the Dutch province of Limburg. Limburg has 33 municipalities.
Current municipalities
Municipality / |
Coat of arms | Main town | Location | COROP | Inhabitants | Area (km²) |
Population centres | Image |
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Beek | Beek | South Limburg | 16,710 | 21.00 | ||||
Beesel | Reuver | Middle Limburg | 13,852 | 29.21 | ||||
Bergen | Bergen | North Limburg | 13,432 | 109.42 | ||||
Brunssum | Brunssum | South Limburg | 29,494 | 17.29 | ||||
Echt-Susteren | Echt | Middle Limburg | 32,333 | 104.60 | ||||
Eijsden-Margraten | Margraten | South Limburg | 24,839 | 78.46 | ||||
Gennep | Gennep | North Limburg | 17,104 | 50.40 | ||||
Gulpen-Wittem | Gulpen | South Limburg | 11,419 | 20.76 | ||||
Heerlen | Heerlen | South Limburg | 90,125 | 45.50 | ||||
Horst aan de Maas | Horst | North Limburg | 41,786 | 122.55 | ||||
Kerkrade | Kerkrade | South Limburg | 47,421 | 22.17 | ||||
Landgraaf | Landgraaf | South Limburg | 38,600 | 24.69 | ||||
Leudal | Heythuysen | Middle Limburg | 36,787 | 164.86 | ||||
Maasgouw | Heel & Maasbracht | Middle Limburg | 24,318 | 45.81 | ||||
Maastricht | Maastricht | South Limburg | 117,548 | 60.06 | ||||
Meerssen | Meerssen | South Limburg | 19,567 | 27.71 | ||||
Mook en Middelaar | Mook | North Limburg | 8,069 | 18.84 | ||||
Nederweert | Nederweert | North Limburg | 16,619 | 101.79 | ||||
Nuth | Nuth | South Limburg | 15,681 | 33.17 | ||||
Onderbanken | Schinveld | South Limburg | 8,082 | 21.24 | ||||
Peel en Maas | Panningen | North Limburg | 43,020 | 161.3 | ||||
Roerdalen | Sint Odiliënberg | Middle Limburg | 21,298 | 88.65 | ||||
Roermond | Roermond | Middle Limburg | 55,176 | 71.19 | ||||
Schinnen | Schinnen | South Limburg | 13,504 | 24.13 | ||||
Simpelveld | Simpelveld | South Limburg | 10,995 | 16.03 | ||||
Sittard-Geleen | Geleen | South Limburg | 96,275 | 80.62 | ||||
Stein | Stein | South Limburg | 25,660 | 22.78 | ||||
Vaals | Vaals | South Limburg | 9,874 | 23.90 | ||||
Valkenburg aan de Geul | Valkenburg | South Limburg | 17,097 | 36.91 | ||||
Venlo | Venlo | North Limburg | 100,328 | 128.44 | ||||
Venray | Venray | North Limburg | 42,785 | 146.36 | ||||
Voerendaal | Voerendaal | South Limburg | 12,711 | 31.55 | ||||
Weert | Weert | North Limburg | 48,405 | 105.44 |
Former municipalities
Municipality |
Coat of arms | Main town | Location | Population centres | Image |
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Arcen en Velden | Arcen | Merged into municipality Venlo on 1 January 2010. | |||
Eijsden | Eijsden | Merged into municipality Eijsden-Margraten on 1 January 2011. | |||
Helden | Panningen | Merged into the new municipality Peel en Maas on 1 January 2010. | |||
Kessel | Kessel | Merged into the new municipality Peel en Maas on 1 January 2010. | |||
Linne | Linne | Merged into the municipality Maasbracht, now itself part of Maasgouw, in 1991. | |||
Maasbracht | Maasbracht | Merged into the new municipality Maasgouw on 1 January 2007. | |||
Margraten | Margraten | Merged into the new municipality Eijsden-Margraten on 1 January 2011. | |||
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