Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)

This article gives a list of current and former municipalities of the Dutch province of Limburg. Limburg has 33 municipalities.

Position of Limburg within the Netherlands.

Current municipalities edit

Municipality /
Coat of arms Main town Location COROP Inhabitants Area
(km²)
Population centres Image
Beek   Beek   South Limburg 16,710 21.00  
Beekdaelen   Nuth   South Limburg 35,853 78.29  
Beesel   Reuver   Middle Limburg 13,852 29.21  
Bergen   Bergen   North Limburg 13,432 109.42  
Brunssum   Brunssum   South Limburg 29,494 17.29  
Echt-Susteren   Echt   Middle Limburg 32,333 104.60  
Eijsden-Margraten   Margraten   South Limburg 24,839 78.46  
Gennep   Gennep   North Limburg 17,104 50.40  
Gulpen-Wittem   Gulpen   South Limburg 11,419 20.76  
Heerlen   Heerlen   South Limburg 90,125 45.50  
Horst aan de Maas   Horst   North Limburg 41,786 122.55  
Kerkrade   Kerkrade   South Limburg 47,421 22.17  
Landgraaf   Landgraaf   South Limburg 38,600 24.69  
Leudal   Heythuysen   Middle Limburg 36,787 164.86  
Maasgouw   Heel & Maasbracht   Middle Limburg 24,318 45.81  
Maastricht   Maastricht   South Limburg 117,548 60.06  
Meerssen   Meerssen   South Limburg 19,567 27.71  
Mook en Middelaar   Mook   North Limburg 8,069 18.84  
Nederweert   Nederweert   North Limburg 16,619 101.79  
Peel en Maas   Panningen   North Limburg 43,020 161.3  
Roerdalen   Sint Odiliënberg   Middle Limburg 21,298 88.65  
Roermond   Roermond   Middle Limburg 55,176 71.19  
Simpelveld   Simpelveld   South Limburg 10,995 16.03  
Sittard-Geleen   Geleen   South Limburg 96,275 80.62  
Stein   Stein   South Limburg 25,660 22.78  
Vaals   Vaals   South Limburg 9,874 23.90  
Valkenburg aan de Geul   Valkenburg   South Limburg 17,097 36.91  
Venlo   Venlo   North Limburg 100,328 128.44  
Venray   Venray   North Limburg 42,785 146.36  
Voerendaal   Voerendaal   South Limburg 12,711 31.55  
Weert   Weert   North Limburg 48,405 105.44  

Former municipalities edit

Municipality
Coat of arms Main town Location Population centres Image
Arcen en Velden   Arcen   Merged into municipality Venlo on 1 January 2010.  
Eijsden   Eijsden   Merged into municipality Eijsden-Margraten on 1 January 2011.  
Helden   Panningen   Merged into the new municipality Peel en Maas on 1 January 2010.  
Kessel   Kessel   Merged into the new municipality Peel en Maas on 1 January 2010.  
Linne   Linne   Merged into the municipality Maasbracht, now itself part of Maasgouw, in 1991.  
Maasbracht   Maasbracht   Merged into the new municipality Maasgouw on 1 January 2007.  
Margraten   Margraten   Merged into the new municipality Eijsden-Margraten on 1 January 2011.  
Nuth   Nuth   Merged into the new municipality Beekdaelen on 1 January 2019.  
Onderbanken   Schinveld   Merged into the new municipality Beekdaelen on 1 January 2019.  
Schinnen   Schinnen   Merged into the new municipality Beekdaelen on 1 January 2019.  

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