Editing Roerdalen

{{Infobox settlement
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<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Roerdalen
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Roerdale|icon=no}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Church in Melick, Limburg, NL.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Church in [[Melick en Herkenbosch|Melick]]
| image_flag              = Flag of Roerdalen.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Roerdalen wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1669 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Roerdalen in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
| pushpin_map =Netherlands
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands 
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|9|N|6|0|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 1991
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.roerdalen.nl/bestuur-en-organisatie/samenstelling_42449/
 |title = Samenstelling college B&W
 |trans-title=Members of the board of mayor and aldermen
 |language = Dutch
 |author = 
 |date = 
 |publisher = Gemeente Roerdalen
 |accessdate = 21 November 2013}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Monique de Boer-Beerta]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Roerdalen}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Roerdalen}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Roerdalen}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6077CG
 |trans-title=|language = Dutch
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |date = 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |accessdate = 21 November 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 28
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| elevation_min_m         =
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Roerdalen}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Roerdalen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = 
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6060–6065, 6074–6077
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0475
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.roerdalen.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Roerdalen''' ({{IPA|nl|ruːrˈdaːlə(n)|lang|154 Roerdalen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Roerdale}} {{IPA|li|ʀuːʀˈdaːlə|}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southeastern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. As of {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}, it had about {{Dutch municipality population|Roerdalen}} inhabitants and borders [[Germany]].

Roerdalen is the renaming of the municipality of [[Melick en Herkenbosch]] in 1993.

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
*Herkenbosch
* Melick
* [[Montfort, Netherlands|Montfort]]
* [[Posterholt]]
* [[Reutje]]
* [[Sint Odiliënberg]]
* [[Vlodrop]]
}}
===Topography===
[[File:Gem-Roerdalen-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Roerdalen, June 2015''

== Notable people ==
* [[Hubert Biermans]] (1864 in Herkenbosch - 1953) a Dutch and Canadian businessman
* [[Connie Palmen]] (born 1955 in Sint Odiliënberg) a Dutch author
* [[Geert Chatrou]] (born 1969 in Sint Odiliënberg) a professional whistler
* [[Jos Verstappen]] (born 1972 in Montfort) a Dutch former racing driver
* [[Joeri Verlinden]] (born 1988 in Melick) a Dutch swimmer, competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
Image:Sint Odiliënberg, molen foto5 2011-03-16 11.40.JPG|Windmill (molen van Verbeek) in Sint Odiliënberg
Image:Melick2.jpg|River [[Roer]]
Image:Kolleg St.Ludwig Detail.jpg|Ruined Building detail of Kolleg St. Ludwig
File:Alleebäume bei Paarlo 2.jpg|Road between St. Odilienberg Paarlo, looking towards St. Odilienberg
File:Basilika roerdalen.jpg|Basiliek van de H.H. Wiro
File:Montfort (Roerdalen) church.JPG|Montfort church
File:Montfort (Roerdalen) Rijksmonument 30068 De Voorhof.JPG|Voorhof
File:Montfort (Roerdalen) sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein.JPG|Sculpture by Nicolas van Ronkenstein
File:Montfort (Roerdalen) Rijksmonument 47063 pastorie.JPG|Montfort former vicarage.
Image:Montfort, monumentaal pand foto3 2011-03-16 12.19.JPG|Montfort former townhall
File:St.Ludwig Sued09.jpg|Vlodrop
File:Herkenbosch, de Sint Sebastianuskerk RM28550 foto4 2014-03-29 09.39.jpg|Church (de Sint Sebastianuskerk) in Herkenbosch
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{commonscat-inline}}
*{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.roerdalen.nl/ Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Roerdalen
|North     = [[Roermond]]
|Northeast = [[Niederkrüchten]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|East      = [[Wegberg]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|Southeast = [[Wassenberg]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|South     = [[Waldfeucht]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]]), [[Heinsberg]]&nbsp;([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|Southwest = [[Echt-Susteren]]
|West      = [[Maasgouw]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Dutch municipality Roerdalen}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Roerdalen| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 1993]]


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