Sittard is a town in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg, and forms part of the merged municipality of Sittard-Geleen. It received town rights in the thirteenth century and preserves a historic center with a network of medieval streets and fortification remnants. The town sits close to the German and Belgian borders in a heavily industrialized part of southern Limburg.
Facts
Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
Site Of
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Source Wim Hof (Wikipedia)Infobox: birth_placeQuote, Infobox: birth_place
Sittard, Netherlands
Sources
1. Sittard (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 37,085 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.0, longitude 5.866667
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 37085 (2022)
View the Source2. Sittard (Wikipedia)
History
Present day Sittard is assumed to have been founded around 850 A.D. and to have been built around a motte.
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Sittard - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2747203
50.99833 5.86944 P PPL NL 05 1883 48400 48 Europe/Amsterdam
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 48 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 5.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 5.75
51.25 5.75 Cfb
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