Bergen (Limburg)

Bergen ( ltd. Baerge ) is a Dutch municipality of the province of Limburg and was on 1 January 2013 as declared by the CBS 13,281 inhabitants. Bergen has a total area of ​​109.43 km ².

It consists of a 20 km long strip of land along the river Meuse, north of Arcen en Velden. It borders the German town of Goch. In the township the villages and mountains Nieuw- Bergen with the Town Hall, Aayen, Afferden, Wellerlooi and well located - all on the Meuse - and Siebengewald on the road to Goch.

The whole area since 1815 belongs only to the Netherlands. Previously, it was, inter alia, to Prussia and Austria. During the Second World War, the villages with their churches and castles were largely destroyed, as they were on the front line of about November 1944 to March 1945. The evacuated places were also looted several times.

The municipality borders almost immediately to the area of the airport Weeze in the neighboring West German community.

There are a lot of agriculture in the community, some marinas, campgrounds and a gravel pit.

In Well a lake, can be operated at the water originated. In the south of the municipality lies the nature park " De Hamert " in which many standing under the protection of species of plants and animals live.