Roerdalen

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Roerdalen

| native_name = {{native name|li|Roerdale|icon=no}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Church in Melick, Limburg, NL.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Church in Melick

| image_flag = Flag of Roerdalen.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Roerdalen wapen.svg

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1669 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Roerdalen in a municipal map of Limburg

| map_caption = Location in Limburg

| pushpin_map =Netherlands

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands

| pushpin_label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|51|9|N|6|0|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limburg

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1 January 1991

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.roerdalen.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling_42449/

|title = Samenstelling college B&W

|trans-title=Members of the board of mayor and aldermen

|language = Dutch

|author =

|date =

|publisher = Gemeente Roerdalen

|accessdate = 21 November 2013}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = VVD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Monique de Boer-Beerta

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Roerdalen}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Roerdalen}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Roerdalen}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool

|title = Postcodetool for 6077CG

|trans-title=|language = Dutch

|author =

|date =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|accessdate = 21 November 2013}}

| elevation_m = 28

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

| population_footnotes = {{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Roerdalen}}

| population_as_of = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Roerdalen}}

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 6060–6065, 6074–6077

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 0475

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.roerdalen.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Roerdalen ({{IPA|nl|ruːrˈdaːlə(n)|lang|154 Roerdalen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Roerdale}} {{IPA|li|ʀuːʀˈdaːlə|}}) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}, it had about {{Dutch municipality population|Roerdalen}} inhabitants and borders Germany.

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

Population centres

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=Topography=

File:Gem-Roerdalen-OpenTopo.jpg

Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015

Notable people

Gallery

Image:Sint Odiliënberg, molen foto5 2011-03-16 11.40.JPG|Windmill (molen van Verbeek) in Sint Odiliënberg

Image:Melick2.jpg|River Roer

Image:Kolleg St.Ludwig Detail.jpg|Ruined Building detail of Kolleg St. Ludwig

File:Alleebäume bei Paarlo 2.jpg|Road between St. Odilienberg Paarlo, looking towards St. Odilienberg

File:Basilika roerdalen.jpg|Basiliek van de H.H. Wiro

File:Montfort (Roerdalen) church.JPG|Montfort church

File:Montfort (Roerdalen) Rijksmonument 30068 De Voorhof.JPG|Voorhof

File:Montfort (Roerdalen) sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein.JPG|Sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein

File:Montfort (Roerdalen) Rijksmonument 47063 pastorie.JPG|Montfort former vicarage.

Image:Montfort, monumentaal pand foto3 2011-03-16 12.19.JPG|Montfort former townhall

File:St.Ludwig Sued09.jpg|Vlodrop

File:Herkenbosch, de Sint Sebastianuskerk RM28550 foto4 2014-03-29 09.39.jpg|Church (de Sint Sebastianuskerk) in Herkenbosch

References

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