Sittard-Geleen
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Sittard-Geleen Zittert-Gelaen |
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Sittard market square
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.svg) Location in Limburg |
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| Coordinates: 51°0′N 5°52′E / 51.000°N 5.867°ECoordinates: 51°0′N 5°52′E / 51.000°N 5.867°E | ||
| Country | Netherlands | |
| Province | Limburg | |
| Established | 1 January 2001 | |
| Government | ||
| • Body | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Sjraar Cox (PvdA) | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 80.53 km2 (31.09 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 79.02 km2 (30.51 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1.51 km2 (0.58 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) | |
| Highest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) | |
| Population (Municipality, February 2017; Urban and Metro, May 2014) | ||
| • Municipality | 93,736 | |
| • Density | 1,186/km2 (3,070/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 135,255 | |
| • Metro | 148,217 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postcode | 6120–6167 | |
| Area code | 046 | |
| Website | www |
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Sittard-Geleen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsɪtɑrt xəˈleːn];Limburgish: Zittert-Gelaen) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.
The combined municipality has approximately 96,000 inhabitants (2007) and is thus the second most populated municipality in Limburg (after Maastricht with 125,000 inhabitants). Since the 2006 municipal elections, the city has been governed by a coalition of PvdA (Labour), GroenLinks (Green) and the local party GOB.
To the west, Sittard-Geleen borders on Belgium, while to the east, it borders on Germany.
Born, Broeksittard, Buchten, Einighausen, Geleen, Graetheide, Grevenbicht, Guttecoven, Holtum, Limbricht, Munstergeleen, Windraak, Obbicht, Papenhoven, Schipperskerk and Sittard.
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