Roerdalen (Dutch: [ruːrˈdaːlə(n)] ⓘ; Limburgish: Roerdale [ʀuːʀˈdaːlə]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of January 2021, it had about 20580 inhabitants and borders Germany.
Roerdalen
Roerdale
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Church in Melick
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Location in Limburg
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  Roerdalen Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 51°9′N 6°0′E / 51.150°N 6.000°E / 51.150; 6.000 | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Established | 1 January 1991 |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Monique de Boer-Beerta (VVD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 88.79 km2 (34.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 88.21 km2 (34.06 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population
(January 2021)[4]
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| • Total | 20,580 |
| • Density | 233/km2 (600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode |
6060–6065, 6074–6077
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| Area code | 0475 |
| Website | www |
Roerdalen is the renaming of the municipality of Melick en Herkenbosch in 1993.
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015
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