Weert: Difference between revisions

{{About|the municipality in the Netherlands}}

{{Infobox settlement

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| name = Weert

| native_name = {{native name|li|Wieërt|icon=no}}

| settlement_type = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]

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| image_skyline = MartinuskerkWeertLimburgNederland.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Saint Martin church in Weert

| image_flag = Flag of Weert.svg

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| flag_alt =

| flag_link = Flag of Weert

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Weert.svg

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| shield_alt =

| shield_link = Coat of arms of Weert

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| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 0988 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Weert in a municipal map of Limburg

| map_caption = Location in Limburg

| pushpin_map = Netherlands

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| pushpin_map_caption =

| pushpin_label_position = Location of Weert

| coordinates = {{coord|51|15|N|5|42|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]

| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]

| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web

|url = https://gemeenteraad.weert.nl/Organisatie/mr.-r.j.h.-raymond-vlecken-cbm-0495-575000

|title = mr. R.J.H. (Raymond) Vlecken

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Weert

|access-date = 6 October 2021}}</ref>

| governing_body = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]

| leader_party = [[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]

| leader_title = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]

| leader_name = [[Raymond Vlecken]]

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>

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| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Weert}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Weert}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Weert}}

| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 6001GJ

|language = nl

|author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 4 December 2013}}</ref>

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| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Weert}}

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| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Weert}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->

| population_demonym = Weertenaar, Weerter

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| timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]]

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]

| postal_code = 6000–6006, 6039

| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]

| area_code = 0495

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.weert.nl}}

| footnotes =

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[[File:2013-Weert.jpg|255px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of Weert, July 2013'']]

'''Weert''' ({{IPA-nl|ʋeːrt|lang|169 Weert.ogg}}; {{lang-li|Wieërt}} {{IPA-li|wiəʀt|}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and [[city]] in the southeastern [[Netherlands]] located in the western part of the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|province]] of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. It lies on the [[Eindhoven]]–[[Maastricht]] railway line, the [[A2 motorway (Netherlands)|A2 motorway]] and it is also astride the [[Zuid-Willemsvaart]] canal.

{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|

* Weert (city):

** Boshoven (neighbourhood)

** Leuken (neighbourhood)

** Groenewoud (neighbourhood)

** Biest (neighbourhood)

** Molenakker (neighbourhood)

** Laarveld (neighbourhood)

** Moesel (neighbourhood)

** Graswinkel (neighbourhood)

** Keent (neighbourhood)

* [[Altweerterheide]] (village)

* Laar (village)

* [[Stramproy]] (village)

* [[Swartbroek]] (village)

* Tungelroy (village)

}}

Weert received [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1414.

Weert is known for its indoor shopping centre called "De Munt," one of the largest in the south of the Netherlands. The inner city has many squares with cosy restaurants and terraces. Many well-known shopping brands are located in the city of Weert.

Furthermore, Weert is known for its large indoor and outdoor swimming complex known as "De IJzerenman," which includes slides, 5 swimming pools, and a lake.

==Demographics==

===Languages===

* [[Dutch language|Dutch]] in Weert is often spoken with a distinctive Limburgish [[Accent (dialect)|accent]], which should not be confused with the Limburgish language.

* [[Limburgish]] (or ''Limburgian'') is the overlapping term of dialects spoken in the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg. The [[Weert dialect]] is only one of many variants of Limburgish.<ref>{{citation|last1=Heijmans|first1=Linda|last2=Gussenhoven|first2=Carlos|year=1998|title=The Dutch dialect of Weert|journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association|volume=28|page=107|doi=10.1017/S0025100300006307|url=http://gep.ruhosting.nl/carlos/weert.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205103/http://gep.ruhosting.nl/carlos/weert.pdf |archive-date=2014-06-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Transport ==

'''Railway station''': [[Weert railway station|Weert]]

==Notable residents==

* [[Willem van Heythuysen]] (1590s – 1650), cloth merchant

* [[Jan van der Croon]] (1600 – 1665), soldier and military commander

* [[Jan Dibbets]] (born 1941), conceptual artist

* [[Jan Koenderink]] (born 1943) physicist and psychologist

* [[Ton van Loon]] (born 1956), military commander

* Lucas Hüsgen (born 1960), writer<ref>[[:nl:Lucas Hüsgen|Dutch Wiki, Lucas Hüsgen]]</ref>

* [[Frans Weekers]] (born 1967), Dutch Politician

* [[Jeroen Lenaers]] (born 1984) Dutch politician and [[Member of the European Parliament]]

* [[Kelly Weekers]] (born 1989) [[Miss Nederland]] 2011

=== Sport ===

* [[Fons Steuten]] (1938–1991), cyclist

* [[Gonnelien Rothenberger]] (born 1968), equestrian

* [[Sjeng Schalken]] (born 1976), tennis player

* [[Manoe Meulen]] (born 1978), footballer

* [[Elbekay Bouchiba]] (born 1978), footballer

* [[Frank van Kouwen]] (born 1980), footballer

* [[Bjorn Hoeben]] (born 1980), cyclist

* [[Olivier Tielemans]] (born 1984), race car driver

* [[Pieter Custers]] (born 1984), archer

* [[Steef Nieuwendaal]] (born 1986), footballer

* [[Lisa Scheenaard]] (born 1988), rower

==Sister cities==

Weert is [[Town twinning|twinned]] with the following cities:

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* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pushkino, Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast|Pushkino]], Russia

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* {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Sint-Truiden]], Belgium

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{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hangzhou]], China

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== Gallery ==

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File:Toren Martinuskerk - Weert (29022792687).jpg|Toren Martinuskerk - Weert

File:Roeivereniging Weert skiff stadsbrug.jpg|Roeivereniging Weert skiff stadsbrug

File:Weert-emmasingel-186028.jpg|Weert-emmasingel

</gallery>

==References==

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== External links ==

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* {{Official website|http://www.weert.nl}} {{in lang|nl}}

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{{Geographic location

|Centre = Weert

|North = [[Nederweert]]

|Northeast =

|East = [[Leudal]]

|Southeast =

|South = [[Kinrooi]]&nbsp;([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Limburg (Belgium)|VLI]])

|Southwest = [[Bocholt, Belgium|Bocholt]] ([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Limburg (Belgium)|VLI]])

|West = [[Cranendonck]]&nbsp;([[North Brabant|NB]])

|Northwest =

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{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]

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