Southern Netherlands
Limburg
Venray Municipality

Veulen

Veulen is a village in the municipality of in , . The village was first mentioned in 1590 as Vairloe, and probably means "open forest located in front". Even though the current name translates to calf, there is no relation.
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  • Type: Village with 535 residents
  • Description: village in Venray, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 5814

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Antonius van Paduakerk and Sint-Catharinakerk.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is a church.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is a church, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Veulen.

Chalet
Photo: DreCube, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Center Parcs Europe N.V. is a European network of holiday villages that was founded in the in 1968, and is currently operated by Pierre & Vacances. is situated 3 km south of Veulen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heide and Ysselsteyn.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 20 km east of . The village was first mentioned between 1838 and 1857 as "de Heijde", and means cultivated heath. is situated 2½ km north of Veulen.

Village
is a village in the municipality of in , . It was established in 1921 and named after its designer, Hendrik Albert van IJsselsteyn, then Minister of Agriculture. is situated 4 km west of Veulen.

Village
Photo: Joris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a parish village in the province of , known historically for its peat extraction. is situated 5 km south of Veulen.

Veulen

Latitude
51.48229° or 51° 28′ 56″ north
Longitude
5.95539° or 5° 57′ 19″ east
Population
535
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL VLN
Open location code
9F37FXJ4+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1929159216
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2745585
Wiki­data ID
Q2755112
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Veulen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Veulen”
  • Catalan: “Veulen”
  • Chinese: “Veulen”
  • Dutch: “Veulen”
  • French: “Veulen”
  • Irish: “Veulen”
  • Limburgan: “‘t Väöle”
  • Limburgan: “’t Väöle”
  • Luxembourgish: “Veulen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Veulen”
  • Ukrainian: “Велен”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Veulen”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.