- Obbicht en Papenhoven
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Obbicht en Papenhoven is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It consisted of the villages Obbicht and Papenhoven, located on the River Meuse about 8 km northwest of Sittard.
Obbicht en Papenhoven merged with the municipality of Born in 1982.[1]
References
- ^ Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.
In the late 1990s this municipality merged again with the city if Sittard. Some of the towns making up the municipality are Obbicht, Grevenbicht, Papenhoven, Holtum, Born, Buchten, Limbricht and the larger city of Sittard.
External links
- J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Obbicht en Papenhoven". Map of the former municipality, around 1868.
Categories:- Former municipalities of Dutch Limburg
- Dutch Limburg geography stubs
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