Sittard

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Sittard

Total population

37,534

Coordinates51.00°, 5.87°

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

Overview

Sittard is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the southernmost province of Limburg.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

Johannes Herman Frederik Umbgrove

Dutch geologist (1899-1954)

F

Frank van Eijs

Dutch footballer

Mia Gommers

Dutch athletics competitor (born 1939)

Auguste Kerckhoffs

Dutch linguist and cryptographer (1835–1903)

Frank Dikötter

Dutch historian

J

Joep Packbiers

Dutch archer (1875–1957)

J

Jan Laeven

Dutch painter (1925-2001)

Sjefke Janssen

Dutch racing cyclist (1919–2014)

Wim Schepers

Dutch bicycle racer (1943-1998)

René Lotz

Dutch cyclist

H

Harie Janssen

Dutch conductor

R

Ralph Zeetsen

Dutch triathlete

Frans de Wever

Dutch physician (1869–1940)

J

Jos Hermans

Dutch painter (1930-2018)

Karel van der Hucht

Dutch astronomer

Hubert Bruls

Dutch politician

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

Nearby places in Limburg

• Munstergeleen
  1.5 mi away · pop. 4,514
• Limbricht
  1.6 mi away · pop. 2,535
• Einighausen
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,279
• Guttecoven
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,226
• Geleen
  2.6 mi away · pop. 31,970
• Doenrade
  2.7 mi away · pop. 1,123
• Nieuwstadt
  2.8 mi away · pop. 3,240
• Puth
  2.9 mi away · pop. 2,006
• Sweikhuizen
  3.2 mi away · pop. 689
• Jabeek
  3.4 mi away · pop. 707
• Born
  3.5 mi away · pop. 5,921
• Oirsbeek
  3.7 mi away · pop. 3,734

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 Sittard

Streekplan stadsgewest Sittard-Geleen

Limburg (Netherlands). Provinciale Staten. · 1969

Venloos, Roermonds en Sittards

Pierre Bakkes · 2002

Limburgse folklore in Sittards dialect

P. J. G. Schelberg · 1982

Belemnites from the lower Maastrichtian of Limburg, Aachen and Liège : palaeoecological studies of late carboniferous plant macrofossils from borehole Kemperkoul-1 (Sittard, The Netherlands) : the Cenozoic Roer Valley Graben, southern Netherlands

H. W. J. van Amerom · 1990

Aanvullend archeologisch onderzoek (AAO) in de Vinex-locatie Sittard-Hoogveld

Huub Scholte Lubberink · 1998

Four Linearbandkeramik settlements and their environment

C. C. Bakels · 1978

St. Angela Merici, and the Ursulines

O'Reilly, Bernard · 1880

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Seen 2026-10-01

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-10-01

Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider

Zoropsis spinimana

Seen 2026-10-01

Rhododendron Leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Seen 2026-09-30

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Seen 2026-09-30

Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

Seen 2026-09-29

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-29

Pediastrum duplex

Pediastrum duplex

Seen 2026-09-28

carpenter's rule diatom

Bacillaria paxillifera

Seen 2026-09-28

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

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Sittard, sourced from Wikidata.

• Q110968640

  sporting event

  Aug 5, 1973
• Q100327544

  festival

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Official Identifiers