Sittard-Geleen
Sittard-Geleen
Zittert-Gelaen | |
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 Sittard market square | |
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Coat of arms of Sittard-Geleen Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Established | 1 January 2001[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Sjraar Cox (PvdA) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 80.58 km2 (31.11 sq mi) |
| • Land | 79.01 km2 (30.51 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 91,743 |
| • Density | 1,161/km2 (3,010/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 135,255 |
| • Metro | 148,217 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6120–6167 |
| Area code | 046 |
| Website | www |
Sittard-Geleen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsɪtɑrt xəˈleːn] ;[7] Limburgish: Zittert-Gelaen) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.
The combined municipality has approximately 96,000 inhabitants (2007) and is thus the second most populated municipality in Limburg (after Maastricht with 125,000 inhabitants). Since the 2006 municipal elections, the city has been governed by a coalition of PvdA (Labour), GroenLinks (Green) and the local party GOB.
To the west, Sittard-Geleen borders on Belgium, while to the east, it borders on Germany.
Population centres
Born, Broeksittard, Buchten, Einighausen, Geleen, Graetheide, Grevenbicht, Guttecoven, Holtum, Limbricht, Munstergeleen, Windraak, Obbicht, Papenhoven, Schipperskerk and Sittard.
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen, 2013.
References
- ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001". cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Burgemeester Sjraar Cox" (in Dutch). Gemeente Sittard-Geleen. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6131LB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|trans_title=(help) - ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; Regionale kerncijfers Nederland" [Regional core figures Netherlands]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Geleen in isolation: [ɣəˈleːn].
External links
Media related to Sittard-Geleen at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
Places adjacent to Sittard-Geleen | |
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