Nieuwstadt

Nieuwstadt (Limburgish: De Nuujsjtad) (German: Neustadt) is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Echt-Susteren, and lies about 5 km north of Sittard.

Nieuwstadt
Nieuwstadt, church: Sint Johannes de Doperkerk (En: Saint John the Baptist church)
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Coordinates: 51°2′N 5°52′E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceLimburg
MunicipalityEcht-Susteren
Population
 (1 January 2008)
3,345
Dialling code046
Major roadsN276, N297

In 2001, Nieuwstadt had 3088 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.74 km², and contained 1235 residences.[1]

Nieuwstadt received city rights in 1271. It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it was merged with Susteren.[2]

References

  1. Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.
  2. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.


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