Weert

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Country Netherlands Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code 0495 Area 105.4 km² Local time Sunday 8:53 PM		Demonym(s) Weertenaar, Weerter Postcode 6000–6006, 6039 Website www.weert.nl Elevation 35 m Province Limburg

Weather 18°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 47% Humidity

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Weert ( [ʋeːrt]; Limburgish: Wieërt, [βiəʀt]) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands. Weert had a population of 48,825 in 2014. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal.

Map of Weert, Netherlands

Population centres

Altweerterheide

Boshoven

Leuken

Laar

Stramproy

Swartbroek

Tungelroy

Groenewoud

Biest

[Molenakker

Laarveld

Moesel

Weert

The city of Weert

Weert received city rights in 1414.

Languages

Dutch in Weert is often spoken with a distinctive Limburgish accent, which should not be confused with the Limburgish language.

Limburgish (or Limburgian) is the overlapping term of the tonal dialects spoken in the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg. The Weert dialect is only one of many variants of Limburgish.

Transport

Railway station: Weert

Notable residents

Frans Weekers (born 1967), Dutch Politician

Jan Dibbets (born 1941), conceptual artist

Ton van Loon (born 1956), military commander

Lucas Hüsgen (born 1960), writer

Gonnelien Rothenberger (born 1968), equestrian

Sjeng Schalken (born 1976), tennis player

Elbekay Bouchiba (born 1978), footballer

Frank van Kouwen (born 1980), footballer

Bjorn Hoeben (born 1980), cyclist

Olivier Tielemans (born 1984), race car driver

Pieter Custers (born 1984), archer

Steef Nieuwendaal (born 1986), footballer

Sister cities

Weert is twinned with the following cities:

Sint-Truiden, Belgium

References

Weert Wikipedia

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