Wijlre
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Place details
- Locality
- Wijlre
- Region
- Limburg
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 1,960
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Wijlre
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Wijlre.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
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Limburg
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gulpen-Wittem
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 84
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 0.97
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,930
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wijlre ( ; ) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.
== History == The village was first mentioned in 1075 as Wilere, and means "farm or hamlet". Wijlre developed in the Middle Ages between the Geul and the flank of the Ubachsberg. It became an independent parish in 1262.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wijlre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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