Zittard is a hamlet

Hamlet (place)

A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...

 in the municipality

Municipality

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 of Veldhoven

Veldhoven

Veldhoven is a municipality and a town on the Gender stream in the southern Netherlands, located just south-west of Eindhoven.- Population centres :...

 in the province of North Brabant

North Brabant

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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The hamlet is located on a road with the same name and consists mostly of farms. As of 2008, Zittard has a population of 160 people.

Etymology

An official document of the year 1348 lists the name Sittert. The name Zittard is of the same source as the name of the city Sittard

Sittard

Sittard is a city in the Dutch province of Limburg, which is the southernmost province of the Netherlands.On the east Sittard borders on Germany . It has some 48,400 inhabitants . Sittard is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen...

 in 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...

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The name refers to an area with grasslands or a place with a stable for cattle and sheep.

Geography

Topography

Zittard is located two kilometres south of the village Oerle

Oerle

Oerle is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Veldhoven, about 7 km west of Eindhoven.Oerle was a separate municipality until 1921, when it became part of Veldhoven....

 and two kilometres east of the residential area Veldhoven Dorp.
The hamlet lies along a road with the same name, which connects the hamlet Zandoerle

Zandoerle

Zandoerle, in local tongue known as Zandoers, is a hamlet in the municipality of Veldhoven in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.The hamlet has a population of 120 people, as measured on the first of January 2008....

 with the hamlet Schoot

Schoot (Veldhoven)

Schoot is a hamlet in the municipality of Veldhoven in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands.The hamlet is located on a street with the same name. This street is a side street of the Knegselseweg, the road connecting Veldhoven with the village Knegsel.East of Schoot lies the residential...

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Southwest of Zittard flows the stream

Stream

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 Poelenloop.

Nature and landscape

West of Zittard lies the forest area Molenvelden, named after a windmill which was present here from 1360 until 1914.
The forest area Zandoerlese Bossen can be found in the north. This forest is known for its network of hedge

Hedge

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s, which was constructed in the Middle Ages to mark the boundaries between the fields.