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Linne
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Linne
Total population
3,601
Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Linne is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Maasgouw, and lies about 6 km southwest of Roermond.
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History
The village was first mentioned in 943 as Linne. The etymology is unclear. Linne developed in the Early Middle Ages along the Maas. It used to be part of Ambt Montfort. In 1716, it became part of the Dutch Republic. The Catholic St Martinus Church is a three aisled basilica-like church built in 1897 to replace the medieval church. The tower was blown up in 1945, and restored between 1950 and 1951. In 1993, it received a copy of its original crown after the 1992 earthquake. In 1992, the village which was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale. Many buildings were damaged, but there were only 15 wounded. In 2007, it became part of the municipality of Maasgouw.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Limburg
- Merum1.4 mi away
- Brachterbeek1.5 mi away
- Montfort1.8 mi away · pop. 3,070
- Herten2 mi away · pop. 7,543
- Wessem2.6 mi away · pop. 2,062
- Heel2.6 mi away · pop. 4,449
- Sint Odiliënberg2.7 mi away · pop. 3,350
- Maasbracht2.7 mi away · pop. 6,955
- Melick3.1 mi away · pop. 3,655
- Sint Joost3.2 mi away · pop. 1,447
- Roermond3.3 mi away · pop. 41,225
- Horn3.6 mi away · pop. 3,805
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
CBS — Statistics Netherlands
- CBS code
- 0932
- Population (Wikidata)
- 545
- Wikidata
- Q787154
Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands, municipality code via Wikidata P382
- • CBS — Statistics Netherlands — Gemeente codes via Wikidata P382