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Weert

*Wieërt*
Weert Wieërt
Municipality
	Saint Martin church in Weert
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location in Limburg
	Weert
	Coordinates: 51°15′N 5°42′E / 51.250°N 5.700°E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Government
• Body	Municipal council
• Mayor	Raymond Vlecken (CDA)
Area
• Total	105.54 km2 (40.75 sq mi)
• Land	104.32 km2 (40.28 sq mi)
• Water	1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population (January 2021)
• Total	50,011
• Density	479/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Weertenaar, Weerter
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6000–6006, 6039
Area code	0495
Website	www.weert.nl

*Dutch Topographic map of Weert, July 2013*

Weert (Dutch: [ʋeːrt] ^ⓘ; Limburgish: Wieërt [wiəʀt]) is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, the A2 motorway and it is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal.

Population centres

Weert (city):
- Boshoven (neighbourhood)
- Leuken (neighbourhood)
- Groenewoud (neighbourhood)
- Biest (neighbourhood)
- Molenakker (neighbourhood)
- Laarveld (neighbourhood)
- Moesel (neighbourhood)
- Graswinkel (neighbourhood)
- Keent (neighbourhood)

Altweerterheide (village)
Laar (village)
Stramproy (village)
Swartbroek (village)
Tungelroy (village)

The city of Weert

Weert received city rights in 1414.

Weert is known for its indoor shopping centre called "De Munt," one of the largest in the south of the Netherlands. The inner city has many squares with cosy restaurants and terraces. Many well-known shopping brands are located in the city of Weert.

Furthermore, Weert is known for its large indoor and outdoor swimming complex known as "De IJzerenman," which includes slides, 5 swimming pools, and a lake.

Demographics

Languages

Dutch in Weert is often spoken with a distinctive Limburgish accent, which should not be confused with the Limburgish language.
Limburgish (or Limburgian) is the overlapping term of dialects spoken in the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg. The Weert dialect is only one of many variants of Limburgish.^[5]

Transport

Railway station: Weert

Notable residents

Willem van Heythuysen (1590s – 1650), cloth merchant
Jan van der Croon (1600 – 1665), soldier and military commander
Jan Dibbets (born 1941), conceptual artist
Jan Koenderink (born 1943) physicist and psychologist
Ton van Loon (born 1956), military commander
Lucas Hüsgen (born 1960), writer^[6]
Frans Weekers (born 1967), Dutch Politician
Jeroen Lenaers (born 1984) Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament
Kelly Weekers (born 1989) Miss Nederland 2011

Sport

Fons Steuten (1938–1991), cyclist
Gonnelien Rothenberger (born 1968), equestrian
Sjeng Schalken (born 1976), tennis player
Manoe Meulen (born 1978), footballer
Elbekay Bouchiba (born 1978), footballer
Frank van Kouwen (born 1980), footballer
Bjorn Hoeben (born 1980), cyclist
Olivier Tielemans (born 1984), race car driver
Pieter Custers (born 1984), archer
Steef Nieuwendaal (born 1986), footballer
Lisa Scheenaard (born 1988), rower

Sister cities

Weert is twinned with the following cities:

Pushkino, Russia	Sint-Truiden, Belgium	Hangzhou, China

Gallery

Toren Martinuskerk - Weert
Roeivereniging Weert skiff stadsbrug
Weert-emmasingel

References

^ "mr. R.J.H. (Raymond) Vlecken" (in Dutch). Gemeente Weert. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
^ "Postcodetool for 6001GJ". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Heijmans, Linda; Gussenhoven, Carlos (1998), "The Dutch dialect of Weert" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 28: 107, doi:10.1017/S0025100300006307, archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-06-06
^ Dutch Wiki, Lucas Hüsgen