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Houthem, Netherlands

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Houthem
Location of Houthem
Coordinates: 50°52′21″N 5°47′40″E / 50.87250°N 5.79444°E / 50.87250; 5.79444Invalid arguments have been passed to the {{#coordinates:}} function
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceLimburg
MunicipalityValkenburg aan de Geul
Population
 (1 January 2006)
1,560
Major roadsA79
Church and castle in Houthem

Houthem (50°52′N 5°48′E / 50.867°N 5.800°E / 50.867; 5.800) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, and lies about 8 km east of Maastricht.

Houthem was a separate municipality until 1940, when it was merged with Valkenburg.[1]

In 2001, Houthem had 1026 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 0.38 km², and contained 401 residences.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2011.
  2. ^ Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001 [1]. Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.


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