Editing Nederweert

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| name                    = Nederweert
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Ni-jwieërt|icon=no}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Lambert of Maastricht|Saint Lambert]] church in Nederweert
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| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Nederweert in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
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| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.nederweert.nl/internet/collegeleden-periode-2010-2014_278/
 |title       = Collegeleden
 |trans-title = Members of the board
 |language    = Dutch
 |publisher   = Gemeente Nederweert
 |accessdate  = 13 November 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131113191159/http://www.nederweert.nl/internet/collegeleden-periode-2010-2014_278/
 |archivedate = 13 November 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[B.M.T.J. (Birgit) Op de Laak]]
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| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Nederweert}}
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 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 13 November 2013}}</ref>
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| population_demonym      = Nederweerter
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| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6030–6035, 6090–6092
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0495
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.nederweert.nl}}
| footnotes               = 
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'''Nederweert''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈneːdərˌʋeːrt|lang|151 Nederweert.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Ni-jwieërt}} {{IPA|li|ˈnɪjˌwiəʀt|}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in southeastern [[Netherlands]] with a population of {{formatnum:{{Dutch municipality population|Nederweert}}}} as of {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}} and has an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Nederweert}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Dutch municipality water area|Nederweert}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.

Nederweert lies at the intersection of three channels: the [[Zuid-Willemsvaart]], the Noordervaart and the [[Wessem-Nederweert Canal]]. In the 19th century these channels provided transport routes to export [[peat]] that was harvested from the [[Peel, Netherlands|Peel]]. These channels connect Nederweert to [[Maastricht]] and [['s-Hertogenbosch]].

== History ==
Nederweert was originally called 'Merefelt' which means 'amongst the lakes', though it was later named ''Weert van den nedersten eynde''. A 'Weert' in  old Dutch means a high place in the landscape. This latter name later changed into Nederweert as it is called today.
[[File:Overzicht zuidgevel met kerktoren - Nederweert - 20369142 - RCE.jpg|200px|left|thumb|Sint Lambertuskerk]] 
Before the 14th century Nederweert was part of the [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] of Weert. The first reference which speaks of Nederweert as independent was in 1419.

Nederweert has been under rule of the ''Graven van Horn'' (the dukes of Horn) until 1701. Later in 1715 it became part of the southern states of the Netherlands.

In 1785 it was annexed by the French. During this era it was part of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Department (administrative division)|departement]] of the Nedermaas.
[[File:Gem-Nederweert-OpenTopo.jpg|245px|thumb|''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Nederweert, June 2015'']]
== Monuments ==
The most prominent monument of Nederweert is the ''Sint-Lambertus Kerk''. It is a [[Brabantine Gothic]]-style church that was built in 1467.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em|
* Budschop
* Leveroy
* Nederweert
* Nederweert-Eind
* [[Ospel]]
* [[Ospeldijk]]
* Schoor
}}

== Notable people ==
* [[Margriet Tindemans]] (1951 in Nederweert – 2014) a musician, specializing in medieval music
* [[Marie Kessels]] (born 1954 in Nederweert) a Dutch poet and prose writer

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Bi-j Siem Nederweert.jpg|Restaurant Bi-J Siem, built in 1659
File:Voormalige pastorie Nederweert voorgevel.jpg|Front of the former rectory in Nederweert
File:Sluis15 ZuidWillemsvaart.jpg|Sluis 15 in de Zuid-Willemsvaart
File:De Banen Nederweert.jpg|"De Banen", a lake in the nature area "''Sarsven en De Banen''", near Nederweert
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.nederweert.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Nederweert
|North     = [[Asten, Netherlands|Asten]]&nbsp;([[North Brabant|NB]])
|Northeast = [[Peel en Maas]]
|East      = [[Leudal]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Weert]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Cranendonck]]&nbsp;([[North Brabant|NB]])
|Northwest = [[Someren]]&nbsp;([[North Brabant|NB]])
}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Nederweert| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]