Editing Margraten

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name           = Margraten
| settlement_type         = Village and former municipality
| other_name              = 
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Mergraote}}
| image_skyline           = File:Margraten plein.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = View on Margraten
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| image_shield            = Margraten wapen.svg
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| pushpin_mapsize         = 250
| 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 (Netherlands)]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Eijsden-Margraten]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6269AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 170
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| area_total_km2          = 7.17
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{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=24 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 3,425
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 6269<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 043
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|49|N|5|49|E|region:NL|display=inline, title}}
}}

'''Margraten''' ({{IPA|nl|mɑrˈɣraːtə(n)|lang|146 Margraten.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Mergraote}}) is a village and a former [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southeastern part of the [[Netherlands]]. 

On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new [[Eijsden-Margraten]] municipality.

==Preceding developments==

Until 1982 the municipality with this name comprised, beside Margraten, the hamlets Groot Welsden, Klein Welsden, Termaar and 't Rooth.

In 1982 this municipality was extended with a number of neighbouring municipalities: [[Cadier en Keer]], [[Mheer]], [[Noorbeek]] and [[Sint Geertruid]]. Also the village Scheulder, that until then was part of another municipality, was added. 

As a result, from 1982 until 2011 the municipality of Margraten comprised the following population centres, that from 2011 on are all part of nowadays municipality of Eijsden-Margraten. 

{|
|valign="top"|
*[[Banholt]]
*[[Bemelen]]
*[[Bergenhuizen]]
*[[Bruisterbosch]]
*[[Cadier en Keer]]
*[[Eckelrade]]
*[[Gasthuis]]
*[[Groot-Welsden]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Herkenrade]]
*[[Honthem, Netherlands|Honthem]]
*[[Klein Welsden]]
*Margraten
*[[Mheer]]
*[[Moerslag]]
*[[Noorbeek]]
*[['t Rooth]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Scheulder]]
*[[Schey]]
*[[Schilberg]]
*[[Sint Antoniusbank]]
*[[Sint Geertruid]]
*[[Terhorst]]
*[[Terlinden]]
*[[Termaar]]
|valign="top"|
*[[Ulvend]]
*[[Wolfshuis]]
|}

==American Cemetery==

At Margraten the [[Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial]] is situated.
Established in 1960, it is Europe's third largest war cemetery for unidentified soldiers who died in [[World War II]]. 8,301 soldiers are buried there under long rows of white crosses and stars of David. All graves are adopted by locals, who attend the graves and lay flowers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/americans-gave-their-lives-to-defeat-the-nazis-the-dutch-have-never-forgotten/2015/05/24/92dddab4-fa79-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html|title=Americans gave their lives to defeat the Nazis. The Dutch have never forgotten.|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date= May 24, 2015|first=Ian|last=Shapira}}</ref> 

This cemetery is the final resting place for, among others, [[Robert G. Cole|Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole]], who was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the Normandy campaign in June 1944.

President [[George W. Bush]] visited the cemetery on 8 May 2005, the first American president to do so.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:002. Netherlands American Cemetery, Gräberreihen.jpg|Netherlands American Cemetery
File:Margraten-Wegkruis Termaar-Gen Hof.JPG|One of the many typical "road crosses" in this Roman Catholic region
File:TRoeëtGans.jpg|Neighbourhood 't Rooth
</gallery>

==People==
*[[Jean Bessems]] (1945), (Cadier en Keer), [[billiards]]; worldchampion artistic in 1985 en 1988.
*[[Pierre Lardinois]] (1924-1987), (Noorbeek), politician
*[[Fons van Wissen]] (1933-2015), (Margraten), [[association football|footballer]] (30 caps)

==References==
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[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Eijsden-Margraten]]


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