Leudal

Leudal (Limburgish: Leudaal) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on 1 January 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer.

Leudal Leudaal (Limburgish)
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 2021)[5]
• Total	36,045
• Density	222/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

Population centres

The municipality contains the following population centres:

• Baexem
• Buggenum
• Ell
• Grathem
• Haelen
• Haler
• Heibloem
• Heythuysen
• Horn
• Hunsel
• Ittervoort
• Kelpen-Oler
• Neer
• Neeritter
• Nunhem
• Roggel

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Leudal, June 2015

Notable people

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

Sport

• 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

Gallery

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  Neer
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  Mariakapel, Bergstraat-Holstraat, Buggenum
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  Sint Antoniuskapel, Mortel-Op de Bos, Roggel
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  Nunhem - Kerkstraat 11, former townhall