Leudal

Leudal
Leudal ; Leudaal
	Municipality
	Water mill Friedesse in Neer
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Limburg
	Coordinates: 51°15′N 5°54′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Established	1 January 2007[1]
Government [2]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Désirée Schmalschläger (GroenLinks)
Area [3]
• 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 [4]	28 m (92 ft)
Population (January 2019)[5]
• Total	35,681
• Density	219/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.leudal.nl

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.

Population centres

The municipality contains the following population centres:

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015

Bart Brentjens, 1994

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

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

"Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2007" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2007]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
"Samenstelling college van B&W" [Members of the board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Leudal. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
"Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Postcodetool for 6093HE". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
"Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

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