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 coat of arms |
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 Sittard Geleen
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Area - land - water |
19.64 km 2 19.57 km 2 0.07 km 2 |
| Residents | 31,825 (Jan. 1, 2018) |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 58 ′ N , 5 ° 50 ′ E |
| Important traffic route |
     
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| prefix | 046 |
| Postcodes | 6063, 6121, 6129, 6131, 6133-6136, 6142-6143, 6151, 6161 |
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Geleen ( Limburgish Gelaen ) is a place in the Dutch province of Limburg with around 31,825 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018). The previously independent city merged on January 1, 2001 with the northern city of Sittard and the municipality of Born to form the newly founded city of Sittard-Geleen , which is almost a large city at 92,606. Geleen is the second largest district of the city after Sittard.
Geleen is one of the earliest settlements for linear ceramicists in the region.
location
Geleen is located in the south of the Netherlands between the Meuse , which forms the border with Belgium in the west , and the border with Germany in the east. The coordinates are 50 ° 58'10 "N and 5 ° 49'37" E and the postcodes are 6160–6167.
Infrastructure
The industrial location (especially the chemical industry with companies such as DSM is dominant) lies at the intersection of the Dutch motorways and European roads A2 / E 25 and A76 / E314 .
Geleen has two regional stations near railroad tracks Liege - Maastricht -Geleen- Roermond - Eindhoven and Kerkrade - Heerlen -Geleen-Roermond.
Maastricht Aachen Airport as well as the airports of Eindhoven , Liège and Cologne / Bonn Airport are the nearest regional airports and Brussels National and Amsterdam Airport are international airports.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the municipality was dissolved, the following distribution of seats had been made since 1982:
| Political party | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | |
| CDA | 10 | 8th | 10 | 8th | 7th |
| GroenLinks | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| PvdA | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th |
| PPR | - | - | - | - | |
| City party Geleen a | 8th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 3 |
| Lijst Meewis-Stans | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| VVD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Partij Stad Geleen-Sittard | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| D66 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Politiek Verbond Gelaen | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Geleen's concern | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| PSP | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Centrumpartij | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lijst Demois | - | 0 | - | - | - |
| Lijst Hilger | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| total | 25th | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Jean Nelissen (1936-2010), sports journalist
- Ton Caanen (* 1966), football coach
- Myrthe Hilkens (* 1979), journalist and publicist
- Dominick Muermans (* 1984), racing driver
- Rick Geenen (* 1988), soccer player
- Jasper Adams (* 1989), handball player
Web links
- Official homepage of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen (Dutch, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on August 28, 2018 (Dutch)