Cadier en Keer (Limburgish: Keer) is a town in the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 province of Limburg

Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, andthe Dutch province of North Brabant partly to...

. It is a part of the municipality of Margraten

Margraten

-History:In Margraten is the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Europe's third largest war cemetery for unidentified soldiers who died in World War II. 8,301 soldiers are buried there under long rows of white crosses and stars of David. All graves are adopted by locals, who attend the...

, and lies about 5 km east of Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

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Cadier

Cadier

Cadier is a former village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is now part of Cadier en Keer.Until 1828, "Cadier" was also the name of a municipality; it then changed its name to "Cadier en Keer".-References:...

was a separate municipality until 1828. Cadier en Keer was a separate municipality between 1828 and 1982, when it was merged with Margraten.

In 2001, Cadier en Keer had 3187 inhabitants. Cadier en Keer used to be two separate villages, Cadier and Keer. The built-up area of the town was 0.76 km², and contained 1332 residences.