Meerssen

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Meerssen municipality
Flag of the municipality of Meerssen
flag 		Coat of arms of the municipality of Meerssen
coat of arms
province Limburg Limburg
mayor Mirjam Clermonts-Aretz ( VVD )
Seat of the municipality Meerssen
Area
 - land
 - water 		27.7  km 2
26.96 km 2
0.74 km 2
CBS code 0938
Residents 18,901 (Jan 31, 2019)
Population density 682 inhabitants / km 2
Coordinates 50 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E
Important traffic route A2 E25 A79
prefix 043
Postcodes 6231, 6235, 6237, 6241, 6243
Website Meerssen's homepage
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Meerssen ( listen ? / I ) ( German Meersen ) is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg . It consists of the village of Meerssen with around 5,665 inhabitants, the village of Bunde with around 5,415 inhabitants and the smaller settlements of Geulle, the former church village of Rothem and Ulestraten. Audio file / audio sample  

Meerssen is not far from the confluence of the Geul River into the Meuse , only a few kilometers northeast of Maastricht and south of Maastricht Aachen Airport . There are some small forests in the municipality that are under nature protection. Tourism is important because of the impressive surroundings.

Many commuters who work in Maastricht live in Meerssen.

history

The area around Meerssen was already settled in pre-Roman times.

On August 8, 870, the contract named after the place for the division of Lotharingia between the West Franconian King Charles the Bald and the East Franconian King Ludwig the German is said to have been concluded in Meerssen .

The Meerssen Basilica of the Holy Sacrament , also known as St. Bartholomew's Basilica, is a well-known pilgrimage church because of a blood miracle that is said to have occurred in 1222 in the chapel of the Meerssener Benedictine monastery . It was built in the 14th century in the Maasland Gothic style and was repaired and expanded in the 1930s under the direction of the architect Jos Cuypers .

  • Basilica of the Holy Sacrament in Meerssen

  • Interior of the Basilica of the Holy Sacrament

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

Local elections 2018
 %
30th
20th
10
0
20.5
19.5
17.1
16.5
14.0
12.5
n. k.
BM
LDNA
KIJK
FOCUS
HO
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-7.7
+0.6
+7.6
+6.4
-9.4
+12.5
-9.8
BM
LDNA
KIJK
FOCUS
HO

The municipal council has been formed as follows since 1981:

Political party Seats
1981 a 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
BRUG-M - - - - - - - - 5 4th
Local DNA b - - - 4th 4th 4th 4th 3 3 3
CDA 3 3 8th 5 5 7th 6th 2 1 3
KIJK !!! - - - - - - - - 2 3
PvdA 1 2 1 1 - 2 2 2
GroenLinks - - - - -
D66 1 - 0 - - - -
FOCUS - - - - - - - - 4th 2
Het origineel - - - - - - - - - 2
VVD 2 3 3 4th 5 6th 5 3 2 -
Partij Jo Dejong - - - - - - - 7th - -
Progressive Meerssen - - - - 3 - - - - -
Lokaal Democrats c - 3 4th 5 2 - - - - -
Nieuw Meerssen d 4th 3 3 - - - - - - -
Geulle '81 e 2 4th - - - - - - - -
Samenwerking f - 1 - - - - - - - -
Ulestraten '81 1 0 - - - - - - - -
Werkgroep '81 2 - - - - - - - - -
Fraktie de Vos 1 - - - - - - - - -
Lijst Vroemen 1 - - - - - - - - -
Groot Meerssen 1981 1 - - - - - - - - -
PSP 0 - - - - - - - - -
PPR - - - - - - - - -
CPN - - - - - - - - -
total 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 17th 17th 17th 17th
a Due to the incorporation of Bunde, Geulle and Ulestraten into Meerssen on January 1, 1982, the municipal council elections took place in 1981.
bBefore the party was renamed “Lokaal DNA” in December 2017, it was called “Partij Groot Meerssen”. Before that she ran under the name "Groot Meerssen 2000" up to and including 1998.
c Lokaal Democrats emerged from the Fraktie de Vos and Lijst Vroemen parties.
d In the municipal elections in 1994, the Nieuw Meerssen party was part of the Lokaal Democrats.
eThe Geulle '81 party dissolved into the CDA in 1990 .
fSamenwerking was a joint party of D66 and Werkgroep '81, which only participated in the local elections in 1986. In the following, the D66 ran again as an independent party.

College of Mayors and Aldermen

The following people belong to the college :

Mayoress
Alderman
  • Jan Gulikers (BRUG-M)
  • Marly Heusschen ( CDA )
  • Paul Sanders (KIJK !!!)
  • Luc Volders (Het Origineel)
Community Secretary
  • Jacques Eurlings

Twin cities

Meerssen is a member of Douzelage , an association of one city from each state in the European Union .

Daughters and sons of the church

traffic

Route connections

Train type Line course frequency
Arriva Sneltrein RE 18 ( LIMAX ) Maastricht  - Meerssen  - Valkenburg  - Heerlen  (- Landgraaf  - Eygelshoven -Markt - Herzogenrath  - Aachen West  - Aachen main station ) every half hour (Maastricht – Heerlen), every hour to Aachen
Arriva Stoptrein RS15 Maastricht Randwyck - Maastricht - Meerssen  - Houthem-Sint Gerlach - Valkenburg - Schin op Geul - Klimmen-Ransdaal - Voerendaal - Heerlen-Woonboulevard - Heerlen  every half hour

Meersen can be reached from Maastricht by train or via the A79 motorway; There are also direct trains from Heerlen . The town's train station is on the Aachen – Maastricht line .

Meersen can be reached from Aachen via the A4 and on the Dutch side via the A76 and A79.

Web links

Commons : Meerssen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand . In: StatLine . Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Over Meerssen. Divorce. History of Meerssen , on meerssen.nl; accessed on July 3, 2019 (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Result of the local elections: 2014 2018 , accessed on August 8, 2018 (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1981–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 , accessed on August 8, 2018 (Dutch)
  5. ↑ Leden college van B&W Gemeente Meerssen, accessed on August 8, 2018 (Dutch)