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Kerkrade Kirchroa | |
|---|---|
 Kerkrade city hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′N 6°4′E / 50.867°N 6.067°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Petra Dassen-Housen (CDA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.15 km2 (8.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 21.91 km2 (8.46 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.24 km2 (0.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 45,442 |
| • Density | 2,074/km2 (5,370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kerkradenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6460–6471 |
| Area code | 045 |
| Website | www |
Kerkrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛrkˌraːdə] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Kirchroa; Limburgish: Kirkraoj; German: Kerkrade or Kirchrath)[5] is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
Kerkrade is the western half of a divided city; until 1795 the city was part of the Austrian Netherlands and from 1795 to 1815 it was part of the French Empire. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna created the current Dutch-German border and divided the town into the Dutch Kerkrade and the Prussian (German) Herzogenrath.[6] This means that the eastern end of Kerkrade marks the international border.
The two towns, including outlying suburban settlements, have a population approaching 100,000, of which nearly 47,000 are in Kerkrade.
- ^ "Het college" [The board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kerkrade. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 6461EC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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- Dutch pronunciation of Kerkrade: [ˈkɛr(ə)kˌraːdə] ⓘ, local: [ˈkæʁəkˌʁaːdə]
- Ripuarian pronunciation of Kirchroa: [ˈkeʁ˦əçʁoə]
- Limburgish pronunciation of Kirkraoj: [ˈkɪʀ˦(ə)kʀɔːj]
- German pronunciation:
- Kerkrade: [ˈkɛʁkˌʁaːdə].
- Kirchrath: [ˈkɪʁçˌʁaːt].
- ^ Jan Buursink and Nicole Ehlers, "The Binational City of Eurode" Archived 2020-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. University of Nijmegen.