Roerdalen

Roerdalen (Dutch: [ruːrˈdaːlə(n)] ^ⓘ; Limburgish: Roerdale [ʀuːʀˈdaːlə]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of January 2021, it had about 20580 inhabitants and borders Germany.

Roerdalen Roerdale
Municipality
Church in Melick
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Limburg
Roerdalen Location in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 51°9′N 6°0′E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Established	1 January 1991
Government [1]
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Monique de Boer-Beerta (VVD)
Area [2]
• Total	88.79 km2 (34.28 sq mi)
• Land	88.21 km2 (34.06 sq mi)
• Water	0.58 km2 (0.22 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (January 2021)[4]
• Total	20,580
• Density	233/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6060–6065, 6074–6077
Area code	0475
Website	www.roerdalen.nl

Roerdalen is the renaming of the municipality of Melick en Herkenbosch in 1993.

Population centres

• Herkenbosch
• Melick
• Montfort
• Posterholt
• Reutje
• Sint Odiliënberg
• Vlodrop

Topography

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015

Notable people

• Hubert Biermans (1864 in Herkenbosch - 1953) a Dutch and Canadian businessman
• Connie Palmen (born 1955 in Sint Odiliënberg) a Dutch author
• Geert Chatrou (born 1969 in Sint Odiliënberg) a professional whistler
• Jos Verstappen (born 1972 in Montfort) a Dutch former racing driver
• Joeri Verlinden (born 1988 in Melick) a Dutch swimmer, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Gallery

• 
  Windmill (molen van Verbeek) in Sint Odiliënberg
• 
  River Roer
• 
  Ruined Building detail of Kolleg St. Ludwig
• 
  Road between St. Odilienberg Paarlo, looking towards St. Odilienberg
• 
  Basiliek van de H.H. Wiro
• 
  Montfort church
• 
  Voorhof
• 
  Sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein
• 
  Montfort former vicarage.
• 
  Montfort former townhall
• 
  Vlodrop
• 
  Church (de Sint Sebastianuskerk) in Herkenbosch