Sittard-Geleen

Sittard-Geleen

Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Area
- Land
- Water 81.41 km²
79.86 km²
1.55 km²
Population (2005)
- Density 97,007
1,215/km²

Sittard-Geleen is a Municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born. To the west, Sittard-Geleen borders on Belgium, while to the east, it borders on Germany.

Population centres

Born, Broeksittard, Buchten, Einighausen, Gebroek, Geleen, Graetheide, Grevenbicht, Guttecoven, Holtum, Limbricht, Munstergeleen, Windraak, Obbicht, Papenhoven, Schipperskerk and Sittard.

Sittard

Sittard is a city with 48,400 inhabitants. It is the home of the professional football club Fortuna Sittard. The SABIC European head office, as well as large DSM office and production facilities, are based in Sittard. Sittard was granted city rights in 1243. Sittard was a small stronghold, until a great part of it was destroyed in the 'Rampjaar' 1672. It's geographical data are:

51°0'Latitude North
5°52' Longitude East
52 meter Altitude
UTC+1 Timezone

Geleen

Geleen is a town of 33,960 inhabitants. The soccer club Fortuna was the former soccer club of Geleen. Also the Rock festival Pinkpop has its roots in Geleen. This festival was held in a park where a swimming pool has been built since.

It's geographical data are:

50°58' Latitude North
5°49' Longitude East
61 meter Altitude
UTC+1 Timezone

Born

Born, a town of approximately 15,000 inhabitants, has a port on the Julianakanaal (Juliana channel). Born is also the seat of the car factory NedCar.

Limbricht

Limbricht is a small village. It has an 11th century church and a castle with a moat, built around 1622.

External link

Official website
For a 24/7 view on the Markt in Sittard

Simpelveld Index

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