Sittard-Geleen
Sittard-Geleen (; ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.
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- Sittard-Geleen
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- Municipality
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- Sittard market square
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- Highlighted position of Sittard-Geleen in a municipal map of Limburg
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- Location in Limburg
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Article
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- Population centres
- Topography
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin and partner cities
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Sittard-Geleen (; ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.
The combined municipality has approximately 92,650 inhabitants (January 2024) and is thus the third most populated municipality in Limburg (after Maastricht with 125,000 and Venlo with 103,000 inhabitants). Since February 2020, it has been governed by a coalition of CDA (Christian Democrats), GroenLinks (Green) and the local parties GOB and Stadspartij.