Sittard-Geleen#Born

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sittard-Geleen

| native_name = {{native name|li|Zittert-Gelaen}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Markt Sittard.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Sittard market square

| image_flag = Sittard-Geleen Vlag.svg

| flag_size = 100x67px

| flag_alt =

| image_shield =

| shield_size = 100x80px

| shield_alt =

| image_map = Map - NL - Municipality code 1883 (2009).svg

| map_alt = Highlighted position of Sittard-Geleen in a municipal map of Limburg

| map_caption = Location in Limburg

| coordinates = {{coord|51|0|N|5|52|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 2001{{cite web

|url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2001/default.htm

|title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001

|trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001

|language = nl

|website = cbs.nl

|publisher = CBS

|access-date = 12 October 2013}}

| government_footnotes = {{cite web

|url = https://www.sittard-geleen.nl/Bestuur/College/Burgemeester_Hans_Verheijen

|title = Burgemeester Hans Verheijen

|trans-title = Mayor Hans Verheijen

|language = nl

|publisher = Gemeente Sittard-Geleen

|access-date = 22 August 2020

}}

| governing_body = Municipal council

| leader_party = CDA

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Hans Verheijen

| total_type = Municipality

| unit_pref = Metric

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

| area_total_km2 = {{Dutch municipality total area|Sittard-Geleen}}

| area_land_km2 = {{Dutch municipality land area|Sittard-Geleen}}

| area_water_km2 = {{Dutch municipality water area|Sittard-Geleen}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web

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

|title = Postcodetool for 6131LB

|language = nl

|author =

|work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland

|publisher = Het Waterschapshuis

|access-date = 12 October 2013}}

| elevation_m = 47

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =100

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_min_m =

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

| population_total = {{Dutch municipality population|Sittard-Geleen}}

| population_as_of = Municipality, {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}; Urban and Metro, {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|popbasemonth}}}} {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|popbaseyear}}}}

| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Sittard-Geleen}}

| population_urban = {{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|Geleen/Sittard Urban}}

| population_metro = {{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|Geleen/Sittard Metro}}

| population_demonym =

| timezone1 = CET

| utc_offset1 = +1

| timezone1_DST = CEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postcode

| postal_code = 6120–6167

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 046

| website = {{URL|1=http://www.sittard-geleen.nl}}

| footnotes =

}}

Sittard-Geleen ({{IPA|nl|ˈsɪtɑrt xəˈleːn|lang|160 Sittard-Geleen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Zittert-Gelaen}} {{IPA|li|ˈzɪtəʀt xəˈlɛːn|}}){{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}}{{efn|In isolation, Geleen and Gelaen are pronounced {{IPA|nl|ɣəˈleːn|}} and {{IPA|li|ʝəˈlɛːn|}},{{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} respectively.}} is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.

The combined municipality has approximately 92,650 inhabitants (January 2024){{Cite web|url=https://sittard-geleen.incijfers.nl/dashboard/Kerncijfers/|title=Kerncijfers - Gemeente Dashboard|website=sittard-geleen.incijfers.nl|access-date=2019-06-15}} and is thus the third most populated municipality in Limburg (after Maastricht with 125,000 and Venlo with 103,000 inhabitants). Since February 2020, the city has been governed by a coalition of CDA (Christian Democrats), GroenLinks (Green) and the local parties GOB and Stadspartij.[https://www.sittard-geleen.nl/dsresource?objectid=bca7f2aa-cb16-4947-8e17-70ee36f718e7&type=pdf Addendum coalitieakkoord 2020-2022]

The highway connecting the centres of Sittard and Geleen, the Rijkswegboulevard, has been rebuilt to be a main route for cycling and walking. The cycling and walking provision is both generous and continuous. Side road junctions, or crossroads, are made 'subordinate'. The carriageways have been narrowed to one 3m lane in each direction. Parking places have been made, in small groups, at the side of the carriageways. These are made to be "not easy to use for larger vehicles," so the road centre is marked as a place for delivery vehicles to stop.Information supplied by the highway engineers: Büro für Stadt und Verkehr (BSV), Aachen, Germany.

To the west, Sittard-Geleen borders on Belgium, while to the east, it borders on Germany.