Margraten

Margraten

*Mergraote* (
Limburgish)
Margraten Mergraote ( Limburgish)
Village and former municipality
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Postal code	6269
Dialing code	043

Margraten (Dutch:

Limburgish: Mergraote) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands

.

On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality.

Preceding developments

Until 1982 the municipality with this name comprised, beside Margraten, the hamlets Groot Welsden, Klein Welsden, Termaar and 't Rooth.

In 1982 this municipality was extended with a number of neighbouring municipalities: Cadier en Keer, Mheer, Noorbeek and Sint Geertruid. Also the village Scheulder, that until then was part of another municipality, was added.

As a result, from 1982 until 2011 the municipality of Margraten comprised the following population centres, that from 2011 on are all part of nowadays municipality of Eijsden-Margraten.

American Cemetery

At Margraten the

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

is situated. Established in 1960, it is Europe's third largest war cemetery for unidentified soldiers who died in World War II. 8,301 soldiers are buried there under long rows of white crosses and stars of David. All graves are adopted by locals, who attend the graves and lay flowers.^[3]

This cemetery is the final resting place for, among others, Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the Normandy campaign in June 1944.

President George W. Bush visited the cemetery on 8 May 2005, the first American president to do so.

Gallery

Netherlands American Cemetery
One of the many typical "road crosses" in this Roman Catholic region
Neighbourhood 't Rooth

People

billiards
; worldchampion artistic in 1985 en 1988.
Pierre Lardinois (1924-1987), (Noorbeek), politician
Fons van Wissen (1933-2015), (Margraten), footballer (30 caps)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 6269AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ Shapira, Ian (May 24, 2015). "Americans gave their lives to defeat the Nazis. The Dutch have never forgotten". The Washington Post.

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[stat-1] "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[AHN-2] "Postcodetool for 6269AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.

[3] Shapira, Ian (May 24, 2015). "Americans gave their lives to defeat the Nazis. The Dutch have never forgotten". The Washington Post.

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v t e Populated places in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten
Villages	Banholt Bemelen Cadier en Keer Eckelrade Eijsden Gronsveld Margraten Mesch Mheer Noorbeek Oost-Maarland Rijckholt Scheulder [nl] Sint Geertruid
Hamlets	Berg Breust Honthem Terhorst
List of cities, towns and villages in Limburg (Netherlands)

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