Meerlo-Wanssum
Encyclopedia
Meerlo-Wanssum is a former municipality
in southeastern Netherlands
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The municipality ceased to exist as of January 2010.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in southeastern Netherlands
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...
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The municipality ceased to exist as of January 2010.
Population centres
- Blitterswijck, now part of municipality: VenrayVenrayVenray is a municipality and a town in Limburg, Netherlands, 115 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam. Venray has about 43,000 inhabitants.- Population centres :...
- Geijsteren, now part of municipality: VenrayVenrayVenray is a municipality and a town in Limburg, Netherlands, 115 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam. Venray has about 43,000 inhabitants.- Population centres :...
- MeerloMeerloMeerlo is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Horst aan de MaasIt was the seat of the former municipality Meerlo-Wanssum.-External links: Map of the former municipality, around 1868....
, now part of municipality: Horst aan de MaasHorst aan de MaasHorst aan de Maas is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.- Population centres :... - Swolgen, now part of municipality: Horst aan de MaasHorst aan de MaasHorst aan de Maas is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.- Population centres :...
- Tienray, now part of municipality: Horst aan de MaasHorst aan de MaasHorst aan de Maas is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.- Population centres :...
- WanssumWanssumWanssum is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Venray.Wanssum was a separate municipality until 1969, when it merged with Meerlo.-External links:*...
, now part of municipality: VenrayVenrayVenray is a municipality and a town in Limburg, Netherlands, 115 kilometers southeast of Amsterdam. Venray has about 43,000 inhabitants.- Population centres :...