Strucht

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Strucht

| settlement_type = Hamlet

| image_skyline = Schin op Geul-Strucht 6 (1).JPG

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| pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg

| pushpin_label_position = left

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Netherlands

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Limburg

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Valkenburg aan de Geul

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6305AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 26 April 2022 }}

| elevation_m = 75

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| area_total_km2 = 0.20

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=26 April 2022}}

| population_total = 365

| population_as_of = 2021

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 6305

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = 043

| coordinates = {{coord|50|51|N|5|52|E|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}}

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Strucht is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul.

The hamlet was first mentioned in 1603 as Strucht, and means "settlement with shrubbery".{{cite web|url=https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/strucht |title=Strucht - (geografische naam) |website=Etymologiebank |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=nl}} It used to belong to the Austrian Netherlands, but was traded with the Dutch Republic in 1785. Strucht was home to 264 people in 1840.{{cite web|url=https://www.plaatsengids.nl/strucht |title=Strucht |website=Plaatsengids |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=nl}}

Strucht was a separate municipality until 1879, when it was merged with Schin op Geul.{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}} In 1982, it became part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul.

References

{{Dutch municipality Valkenburg aan de Geul}}

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Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)

Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)

Category:Valkenburg aan de Geul

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