Leudal

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Leudal is a Dutch municipality in the province of Limburg with a total of about 37,000 inhabitants ( 2007). It was formed on 1 January 2007 from the merger of the municipalities Haelen, Heythuysen Hunsel and Roggel en Neer. The name of the new municipality has been derived from the nature reserve Leudal, which lies between the villages in the valley of the brook Leu.

The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Meuse opposite Roermond and the mouth of the river Rur. Based in part on the municipality is the recreation area Maasplassen.

Places

The municipality Leudal consists of the following 16 villages (in brackets the number of inhabitants on 1 January 2007).

Baexem ( 2824 inhabitants)
Buggenum (940 inhabitants)
Ell ( 1505 inhabitants)
Grathem ( 1785 inhabitants)
Haelen ( 4309 inhabitants)
Haler (505 inhabitants)
Heibloem ( 890 inhabitants)
Heythuysen ( 6420 inhabitants)
Horn ( 3972 inhabitants)
Hunsel ( 963 inhabitants)
Ittervoort (1879 inhabitants)
Kelpen - Oler ( 1161 inhabitants)
Neer ( 3449 inhabitants)
Neeritter ( 1359 inhabitants)
Nunhem ( 688 inhabitants)
Roggel ( 4126 inhabitants)

Pictures

Horn, mill: moles de Hoop

Ittervoort, Church: en Sint Margarethakerk

Thumb | Hunsel, Church: en Sint Jacobuskerk

Baexem, mill: moles Aurora

Heythuysen mill: en Sint Antoniusmolen

Roggel Church: en Sint Petruskerk

Nijken, mill: en Sint Petrusmolen

Trivia

Leudal is geographically the largest municipality in the province of Limburg.

Leudal
Municipality in the province of Limburg ( Netherlands)
Euregio Rhein- Maas -Nord

Limburg (Netherlands) Telephone numbers in the Netherlands Meuse (river) Heller (money) Horn, Netherlands Bergen (Limburg) Eijsden-Margraten Schinnen Sittard-Geleen Stein, Limburg

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