Bemelen

Village in Limburg, Netherlands

Bemelen Bieëmele
Village
Former monastery Europahuis
Flag Coat of arms
50°50′50″N 5°45′50″E / 50.84722°N 5.76389°E / 50.84722; 5.76389
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg (Netherlands)
Municipality	Eijsden-Margraten
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.43 km² (0.55 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	104 m (341 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	350
• Density	240/km² (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6268^[1]
Dialing code	043

Bemelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːmələ(n)]; Limburgish: Bieëmele [ˈbiəmələ]) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, and lies about 5 km east of Maastricht.

The village was first mentioned in 1096 as Bemele. The etymology is unknown.^[3] Bemelen is a village on the eastern flank of the Maas along the Roman road from Maastricht to Aachen. Until 1794, it was a heerlijkheid of the Chapter of Our Lady [nl] in Maastricht.^[4]

The Catholic St Laurentius Church is a single aisled church. The tower has 12th century elements. The church was replaced in 1845 by a neoclassical building.^[4]

Bemelen was home to 138 people in 1840.^[5] Until 1982, Bemelen was a separate municipality, after which it became part of the municipality Margraten, which fused with municipality Eijsden in 2011 to form Eijsden-Margraten.^[5]

Gallery

Marl of the Bemelerberg (Bemelen mountain) showing
Monumental building at Bemelen-Gasthuis
Church and water well
House in Bemelen

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 6268NA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ "Bemelen - (geografische naam)". Etymologiebank (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b Sabine Broekhoven, & Ronald Stenvert (2003). Bemelen (in Dutch). Zwolle: Waanders. ISBN 90 400 9623 6. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Bemelen". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2022.