Leudal (Limburgish: Leudaal) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer.
Leudal Leudaal | |
|---|---|
 Water mill Friedesse in Neer | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°15′N 5°54′E / 51.250°N 5.900°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Established | 1 January 2007[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Désirée Schmalschläger (GroenLinks) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.91 km2 (63.67 sq mi) |
| • Land | 162.73 km2 (62.83 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
| • Total | 36,045 |
| • Density | 222/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | Parts of 6000 range |
| Area code | 0475, 0495 |
| Website | www |
Population centres
The municipality contains the following population centres:
Topography
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015
Notable people
- Arnold II of Horne (1339 – 1389) Bishop of Utrecht 1371/1378 and Bishop of Liège 1378/1389
- Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn (ca.1524 – 1568) a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands
- Floris of Montmorency (ca.1528 - 1570) a noble and diplomat from the Spanish Netherlands
- Wilhelmus Demarteau (1917 in Horn – 2012) Bishop in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
- Peter J. Peters (born 1957 in Hunsel) a professor of nanobiology, works on electron microscopy
- Carool Kersten (born 1964 in Haelen) a historian of Islam, academic and author
- Stevie Ann (born 1986 in Roggel) a Dutch singer-songwriter
Sport
- Antonius Bouwens (1876 in Hunsel – 1963) a Dutch sports shooter, bronze medallist at the 1900 Summer Olympics
- Peter van de Ven (born 1961 in Hunsel) a former professional footballer with 417 club caps
- Bart Brentjens (born 1968 in Haelen) a Dutch racing cyclist in mountain biking, gold medallist in the 1996 Summer Olympics and bronze medallist in the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Edwin Linssen (born 1980 in Neeritter) a former professional footballer with over 450 club caps
- Bryan Linssen (born 1990 in Neeritter) a Dutch professional footballer, with approaching 300 club caps
Gallery
Neer
Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum
Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel
Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11, former townhall
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References
External links
Media related to Leudal at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
