Editing Arcen en Velden

{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Arcen en Velden
| native_name           = {{native name|li|Árse en Velde}}
 | image_skyline        = Arcen - Kasteel Arcen buitenzijde.jpg
 | imagesize            = 250px
 | image_caption        = Castle Arcen
 | image_flag           = Arcen en velden vlag.svg
 | flag_size            = 120x100px
 | image_shield         = Arcen en velden wapen.svg
 | shield_size          = 120x100px
|image_map =
|mapsize = 250px
|coordinates          = {{coord|51|27|N|6|11|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
|area_footnotes = (2006)
|area_total_km2 = 41.54
|area_land_km2 = 39.68
|area_water_km2 = 1.85
|population_as_of = 1 January 2007
|population_note = Source: [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]], [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline].
|settlement_type = Former Municipality
|population_total = 8788
|population_density_km2 = 221
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +2
}}

'''Arcen en Velden''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɑrsə(n) ɛɱ ˈvɛldə(n)|lang|124 Arcen en Velden.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Árse en Velde}}) is a former [[town]] and former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southeastern [[Netherlands]], now part of the municipality and [[city]] of [[Venlo]]. It is situated in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]].

==Population centres==
*[[Arcen]]
*[[Lomm]]
*[[Velden (Limburg)|Velden]]

==History==
The villages which now form Arcen en Velden have been occupied or ruled by different countries over the centuries, including Spain during the [[Eighty Years' War]], [[Prussia]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Vrielinck|first=Sven|title=De territoriale indeling van België (1795-1963)|publisher=[[Leuven University Press]]|location=Leuven|year=2000|volume=1|pages=274|isbn=978-90-6186-938-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_vZruaSH9QC&q=%22arcen%22+belgi%C3%AB&pg=PA274|accessdate=20 November 2009}}</ref> [[Austria]], and [[France]] during the reign of [[Napoleon]]. From 1830 until 1839, the villages together with most of Limburg were a part of the newly independent Belgium.<ref>{{cite book|last=op den Camp|first=Rico|title=Images of the nation: different meanings of Dutchness 1870-1940|publisher=Rodopi|year=1993|pages=84|chapter=Towards one nation|isbn=978-90-5183-430-7|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxD0nFdlnUsC&q=%22limburg%22+1830+1839&pg=PA84|accessdate=20 November 2009|quote=Between 1830 and 1839, the year of the final settlement of the Dutch-Belgian border dispute, Limburg was under Belgian rule, except for the city of [[Maastricht]], which was held by a Dutch garrison.}}</ref> Since 1839, it is part of the Netherlands.<ref>[http://www.arcenenvelden.nl ArcenEnVelden.nl - intro pagina<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  As of 1 January 2010, the (now former) municipality of Arcen en Velden, has become incorporated with the municipality and city of [[Venlo]], situated to the south of the (now former) town.

==References==
===Notes===
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==External links==
*[http://www.arcenenvelden.nl Official Website]
{{Commons category|Arcen en Velden}}

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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Venlo]]

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