Kerkrade Kirchroa | |
|---|---|
 Kerkrade city hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°52′N 6°4′E / 50.867°N 6.067°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Petra Dassen-Housen (CDA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.15 km2 (8.55 sq mi) |
| • Land | 21.91 km2 (8.46 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.24 km2 (0.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (January 2021)[4] | |
• Total | 45,442 |
| • Density | 2,074/km2 (5,370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kerkradenaar |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6460–6471 |
| Area code | 045 |
| Website | www |
Kerkrade (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛrkˌraːdə] ; Ripuarian: Kirchroa; Limburgish: Kirkraoj; German: Kerkrade or Kirchrath)[5] is a town and a municipality in the southeast of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It forms part of the Parkstad Limburg agglomeration.
Kerkrade is the western half of a divided city; it was part of the German town of Herzogenrath until the Congress of Vienna in 1815 drew the current Dutch-German border and separated the towns.[6] This means that the eastern end of the city marks the international border.
The two towns, including outlying suburban settlements, have a population approaching 100,000, of which nearly 47,000 are in Kerkrade.
- ^ "Het college" [The board of mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Kerkrade. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 29 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 6461EC". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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- Dutch pronunciation of Kerkrade: [ˈkɛr(ə)kˌraːdə] , local: [ˈkæʁəkˌʁaːdə]
- Ripuarian pronunciation of Kirchroa: [ˈkeʁ˦əçʁoə]
- Limburgish pronunciation of Kirkraoj: [ˈkɪʀ˦(ə)kʀɔːj]
- German pronunciation:
- Kerkrade: [ˈkɛʁkˌʁaːdə].
- Kirchrath: [ˈkɪʁçˌʁaːt].
- ^ Jan Buursink and Nicole Ehlers, "The Binational City of Eurode" Archived 2020-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. University of Nijmegen.