Dilsen-Stokkem

Dilsen-Stokkem
Dilsen-Stokkem
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Limburg
District :	Maaseik
Coordinates :	51 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 2 ′  N , 5 ° 44 ′  E
Area :	65.61 km²
Residents:	20,590 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	314 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	3650
Prefix:	089
Mayor:	Lydia Peeters ( Open VLD )
Local government address :	Stadsbestuur Dilsen-Stokkem Europalaan 25 3650 Dilsen-Stokkem
Website:	www.dilsen-stokkem.be

Dilsen-Stokkem is a Belgian city ​​in the Flanders region with 20,590 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). It borders directly on the Netherlands and lies on the left bank of the Meuse . It emerged from the merger of the former municipalities and today's districts Dilsen , Stokkem (German Stockheim ), Elen , Lanklaar and Rotem .

In the Middle Ages, Stokkem was more important than Dilsen, it had belonged to the County of Loon since before the year 1000 and was one of the 23 "good cities" ( bonnes villes / Goede Steden ) of the Principality of Liège from 1362 onwards . The place is mentioned for the first time in 1181 as Stockheim in a papal bull ( ... Ecclesiam et cellam in Stockheim, mansum in Kessenich ... ).

Maastricht is 19 kilometers south, Hasselt 29 kilometers southwest, Liège 45 kilometers south and Brussels approx. 97 kilometers west.

The next motorway exits are to the east at Born and Urmond on the Dutch A2 / E 25 and to the south at Maasmechelen on the Belgian A2 / E 314 .

In Genk , Geleen are the next and Maastricht regional stations .

Maastricht Aachen Airport and Liège Airport are the nearest regional airports ; Brussels National in Zaventem near the capital Brussels is an international airport.

Personalities

• Luca Brecel (born March 8, 1995), snooker player

Web links

Commons : Dilsen-Stokkem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Stockem in the Topographia Westphaliae (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

• Official website of the city (Dutch)