Echt-Susteren
Ech-Zöstere | |
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 Church in Nieuwstadt | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
  Echt-Susteren Location in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 51°6′N 5°52′E / 51.100°N 5.867°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Established | 1 January 2003[1] |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jos Hessels (CDA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 104.62 km2 (40.39 sq mi) |
| • Land | 103.07 km2 (39.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.55 km2 (0.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[5] | |
| • Total | 31,751 |
| • Density | 308/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6100–6118 |
| Area code | 046, 0475 |
| Website | www |
Echt-Susteren (Dutch: [ˌɛxt ˈsʏstərə(n)] ; Limburgish: Ech-Zöstere [ˌæx ˈsœstəʀə]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Echt-Susteren was created in 2003 by merging the former municipalities of Echt and Susteren.[6]
Echt-Susteren is situated in a Euregional area. In the west the municipality borders to Belgium and in the east to Germany. The narrowest is only 4.8 km wide. It is possible to walk from Germany to Belgium via Netherlands in under an hour. The area of Echt-Susteren is a green municipality also known as the green waist of Limburg.
- ^ "Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2003" [Municipal divisions on 1 January 2003]. cbs.nl (in Dutch). CBS. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Burgemeester" [Mayor] (in Dutch). Gemeente Echt-Susteren. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 15 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 6101CV". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.