Arcen en Velden

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Arcen en Velden


mapsize = 280px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Netherlands
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Limburg
area_footnotes = (2006)
area_total_km2 = 41.54
area_land_km2 = 39.68
area_water_km2 = 1.85
population_as_of = 1 January, 2007
population_note = Source: CBS, [http://statline.cbs.nl/ Statline] .
settlement_type = Municipality
population_total = 8788
population_density_km2 = 221
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2

Arcen en Velden (Pronunciation|124 Arcen en Velden.ogg) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.

Population centres

*Arcen
*Lomm
*Velden

History

* During the Eighty Years' War, the villages were repeatedly occupied by Spanish forces.
* The villages were captured by the Prussians
* They were incorporated by Austria.
* In 1794, the French came and stayed 20 years.
* In 1815, they became temporary a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) under King Willem I.
* Limburg joined the Belgian revolution (Belgische opstand) in 1830. The inhabitants where Belgian until 1839.
* After 1839, this the area was added to the Calvinistic Netherlands as "Hertogdom Limburg"

Up until the 20th Century, the Dutch "Above the Moerdijk" (this is the part geographically above the three great rivers in the Netherlands, more precise the provinces North-Holland and South-Holland, didn't consider the area worthwhile. Later integration started and the people from Arcen-en-Velden felt like real Dutch. But the connection especially with their German neighbours was still strong. During World War II the bond lessened. [ [http://www.arcenenvelden.nl ArcenEnVelden - intro pagina ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.arcenenvelden.nl Official Website]