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Weert
Municipality in Limburg, Netherlands

Weert is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands located in the western part of the province of Limburg. It lies on the EindhovenMaastricht railway line, the A2 motorway and it is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal.

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Population centres

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

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.1

Transport

Railway station: Weert

Notable residents

Sport

Sister cities

Weert is twinned with the following cities:

Hangzhou, China

References

  1. 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 http://gep.ruhosting.nl/carlos/weert.pdf

  2. Dutch Wiki, Lucas Hüsgen https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_H%C3%BCsgen