Vlodrop
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local community |
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Area - land - water |
19.01 km 2 18.8 km 2 0.21 km 2 |
Residents | 2,360 (Jan 1, 2018) |
Coordinates | 51 ° 8 ′ N , 6 ° 5 ′ E |
height | 30 m NAP |
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prefix | 0475 |
Postcodes | 6045, 6061, 6063 |
Location of Vlodrop in the municipality of Roerdalen | |
The Rur in front of Vlodrop, in the background the tower of the Vlodrop Church can be seen |
Vlodrop ( Limburg Vlórp ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg . It is part of the municipality of Roerdalen . Vlodrop was first mentioned in a document in 943 and today has 2,360 inhabitants.
Attractions
- St. Ludwig College . The monastery complex, built by Franciscans in 1909, served as a boarding school until 1979 and since then has served as a meditation center under the name Maharishi European Research University (MERU) . In 2001 the listed building was partially demolished to make room for a new building. Its design was visualized from summer 2007 with a building-high image in front of the main front of the building. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died in Vlodrop in February 2008.
- Fort Het Steenen Huys, built in 1664
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 | |
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1982 | 1986 | |
CDA | 2 | 3 |
Lijst Biermans | - | 2 |
Lijst Mulder | 2 | 1 |
Lijst Verbeek | - | 1 |
Lijst Goldsmits | 2 | - |
Lijst Van Schaik | 1 | - |
Lijst Frijsinger | 0 | - |
total | 7th | 7th |
Web links
Commons : Vlodrop - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on August 16, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council , accessed on August 16, 2018 (Dutch)