Kerkrade

Also known as Kirchroa

Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ; ; or Kirchrath) 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.

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Kerkrade is a town located in the southeastern part of Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It is part of a larger regional area called Parkstad Limburg.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kerkrade
Settlement.native_name: Kirchroa (Ripuarian)
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Kerkrade-Stadhuis.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Kerkrade city hall
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Kerkrade.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 100x67px
Settlement.image_shield: Kerkrade wapen.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 100x80px
Settlement.image_map: Map - NL - Municipality code 0928 (2009).svg
Settlement.map_alt: Highlighted position of Kerkrade in a municipal map of Limburg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in Limburg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Limburg
Settlement.governing_body: Municipal council
Settlement.leader_party: CDA

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: kerkradano
Population: 45442
Area: 21.74
Elevation: 155
Official website: www.kerkrade.nl
Image: Hopel2.jpg
Households: 22794
Dialing code: 045

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IPv6 routing prefix: 2a00:1de0:2::/48
native label: Kirchroa
Commons category: Kerkrade
postal code: 6460–6471
email address: mailto:[email protected]

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Kerkrade (; Ripuarian: ; ; or Kirchrath) 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; until 1795 the city was part of the Austrian Netherlands and from 1795 to 1815 it was part of the French Empire. In 1815, the Congress of Vienna created the current Dutch-German border and divided the town into the Dutch Kerkrade and the Prussian (German) Herzogenrath. This means that the eastern end of Kerkrade marks the international border.