Echt

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Echt

Total population

7,573

Coordinates51.11°, 5.87°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Echt is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was a municipality itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren on 1 January 2003.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Sef Vergoossen

Dutch association football player and manager

Adrian van Hooydonk

Dutch automobile designer (born 1964)

Settela Steinbach

Holocaust victim (1934–1944)

Ria Oomen-Ruijten

Dutch politician

Frans Feij

Dutch politician (1926-2010)

B

Bert Cremers

Dutch politician (1949–2021)

M

Mathieu Rutten

Belgian writer and politician (1925–2011)

Piet van den Brekel

Dutch bicycle racer (1932–1999)

P

Paul Peters

Dutch politician

G

Gaspard Coolen

Belgian politician (1908-2001)

H

Harry Bekkering

Dutch cultural scientist

Jan Mathijs Peters

Dutch politician (1908–1962)

J

Jos Stoffels

Dutch conductor and musicologist

Johannes Buckx

Finnish bishop (1881–1946)

M

Marlou Kelleners

Dutch football player

J

Jack Allerts

Dutch writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Limburg

• Pey
  0.8 mi away · pop. 7,060
• Hingen
  1.1 mi away · pop. 630
• Sint Joost
  1.4 mi away · pop. 1,447
• Slek
  1.5 mi away
• Ohé en Laak
  1.9 mi away · pop. 804
• Stevensweert
  2 mi away · pop. 1,670
• Dieteren
  2.5 mi away · pop. 772
• Roosteren
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,428
• Susteren
  3 mi away · pop. 7,326
• Brachterbeek
  3.2 mi away
• Montfort
  3.5 mi away · pop. 3,070
• Wessem
  3.8 mi away · pop. 2,062

Browse all places in Limburg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Echt

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Clover Powdery Mildew

Erysiphe trifoliorum

Seen 2026-09-22

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Seen 2026-09-22

musk mallow

Malva moschata

Seen 2026-09-22

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2026-09-22

Meadow Crane's-bill

Geranium pratense

Seen 2026-09-22

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-22

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-22

Migrant Hover Fly

Eupeodes corollae

Seen 2026-09-22

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Echt, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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