Editing Voerendaal

{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Voerendaal
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Voelender|icon=no}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Furenthela.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Town of Voerendaal
| image_flag              = Voerendaal vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Voerendaal wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0986 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Voerendaal in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|53|N|5|56|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]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.voerendaal.nl/voor-inwoners/burgemeester-en-wethouders_41233/persoon/ed-sprokkel_185.html/
 |title        = Burgemeester en wethouders
 |trans-title  = Mayor and aldermen
 |language     = nl
 |publisher    = Gemeente Voerendaal
 |access-date   = 4 December 2013
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140506072056/http://www.voerendaal.nl/voor-inwoners/burgemeester-en-wethouders_41233/persoon/ed-sprokkel_185.html/
 |archive-date = 6 May 2014
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Wil Houben]]
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Voerendaal}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Voerendaal}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Voerendaal}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6367ED
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 4 December 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 92
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m         =
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Voerendaal}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Voerendaal}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Voerendaler
<!-- Other information -->
| 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             = 6310–6312, 6343, 6367
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 045
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.voerendaal.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Voerendaal''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈvuːrə(n)daːl|-|168 Voerendaal.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Voelender}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] and a [[town]] in the southeastern [[Netherlands]].

== Population centres ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|
* [[Barrier, Voerendaal|Barrier]]
* Colmont 
* Craubeek
* Dolberg
* Fromberg
* Heek
* Hellebeuk
* [[Klimmen]]
* Koulen
* Kunrade
* Mingersberg
* Opscheumer
* Overheek
* Ransdaal
* Retersbeek
* Termaar
* Termoors
* [[Ubachsberg]]
* Voerendaal
* [[Weustenrade]]
* Winthagen
}}
[[File:Gem-Voerendaal-OpenTopo.jpg|400px]]

''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Voerendaal, June 2015''

==History==
The Romans left the ruins from a Roman [[villa rustica]] as a legacy. In 1049 [[pope Leo IX]] initiated the Catholic Church - Sint Laurentiuskerk. During medieval times many castles were built: [[Cortenbach]], [[Haeren]], [[Puth (Netherlands)|Puth]], [[Rivieren]] and [[Ter Worm Castle|Terworm]]. Also castles such as [[Hoenshuis]] and [[Overst Voerendaal]]. The area was mined for [[marl]] (mergel in Dutch) and [[coal mining|coal]].

==Transportation==
Railway Station:[[Klimmen-Ransdaal railway station|Klimmen-Ransdaal]], [[Voerendaal railway station|Voerendaal]]

== Notable people ==
* [[Roel Brouwers]] (born 1981) a Dutch former footballer with 289 club caps, lived in Voerendaal while playing for [[Borussia Monchengladbach]]

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:Voerendaal, de Sint-Laurentiuskerk RM37884 IMG 8265 2021-02-21 13.24.jpg|Church: Sint Laurentiuskerk
File:Voerendaal-Verzetsmonument bij de kerk (2).JPG|Monument near church
File:Cortenbach (21).JPG|Cortenbach Castle
File:2016 Voerendaal, kasteel Rivieren 08.jpg|Rivieren Castle - Voerendaal
</gallery>

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

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

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Voerendaal
|North     = [[Beekdaelen]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Heerlen]]
|Southeast = [[Simpelveld]]
|South     = [[Gulpen-Wittem]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Valkenburg aan de Geul]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}
{{Authority control}}

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


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