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Meerlo

Meerlo is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas.

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Place details

Locality: Meerlo
Region: Limburg
Country: Nederland

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Meerlo
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Kerk Meerlo.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: RK Kerk Sint Johannes de Doper Meerlo
Settlement.image_shield: Meerlo.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province

Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality of the Netherlands
Country: Netherlands
Located in: Meerlo-Wanssum
Population: +1084
Area: +5.09
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Image: Kerk Meerlo.JPG

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Meerlo is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas.

== History == The village was first mentioned in the 1180s as Mirlare. The village name is a combination of "forest pasture" and swamp. Meerlo developed in the Middle Ages along the Grote Molenbeek. In 1485, it became an independent parish. In 1648, it became part of Spanish Guelders. In 1713, it went to Prussia, and finally in 1815, it became part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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