Echt, Netherlands

This article is about the settlement in the Netherlands. For the Dutch word for "real", see wiktionary:echt § Dutch. For the German word with the same meaning, see wiktionary:echt § German.

Echt Ech Template:Li icon
City
The Sint-Landricuskerk
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Echt-Susteren
Area (2006)
• Total	75.13 km2 (29.01 sq mi)
Population  (1 January 2008)
• Total	7,757
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Echt (Template:Lang-li) is a city in the Dutch municipality of Echt-Susteren in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It was a municipality itself until it merged with the municipality of Susteren on January 1, 2003.

The municipality of Echt had about 19300 inhabitants and an area of about 75,13 square km.

Sights

• Sint-Landricuskerk; a Catholic hall church in gothic style.

Transportation

• Echt is near the A2 and A73 highways.
• Echt railway station is served by NS: Dutch Railways (Dutch: Nederlandse Spoorwegen)
• Echt has its own quay on the Juliana Canal.

See also

• Echt-Susteren

External links

Media related to Echt, Limburg at Wikimedia Commons