Venlo
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Venlo | |
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Coordinates: 51°22′13.5″N 6°10′08.5″E / 51.370417°N 6.169028°E | |
Country | Netherlands |
Province | Limburg |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antoin Scholten |
Area | |
• Total | 124.3 km2 (48.0 sq mi) |
Population (January 1, 2001) | |
• Total | 99,541 |
• Density | 800.8/km2 (2,074/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 01:00 (CET) |
Postal code(s) | 5900–5951 |
Area code(s) | 077 |
CIN | 0983 |
Website | Official website |
Venlo is a municipality in Limburg in the very east of the Netherlands. It has about 100,000 inhabitants and lives mainly on one-day-trip-tourism from neighbouring Germany and logistics. It used to be a city of the Hanseatic League.
Since 2010, Arcen en Velden became a part of the municipality of Venlo.
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