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Merkelbeek
Sign in to saveMerkelbeek () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen, about 9 km northwest of Heerlen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Merkelbeek
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,720
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Merkelbeek
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Merkelbeek, kerk foto4 2011-09-27 16.10.JPG
- Settlement.image_seal
- Merkelbeek wapen.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Beekdaelen
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 81
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.42
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,615
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
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Merkelbeek () is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Beekdaelen, about 9 km northwest of Heerlen.
The village was first mentioned in 1283 as Merkelbeke. The etymology is unclear. Merkelbeek started in the Early Middle Ages along a brook and developed into a road village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merkelbeek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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