Southern Netherlands
Limburg
Echt-Susteren

Echt

Echt is a city in the Dutch municipality of in the province of , . It was a municipality itself until it merged with the municipality of on 1 January 2003.
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  • Type: Village with 7,570 residents
  • Description: town in Echt-Susteren, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Echt, Netherlands”
  • Postal codes: 6101 and 6102

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum van de Vrouw and Sint-Landricuskerk.

Museum
The is a museum dedicated to all aspects of women and their lives located in Echt in the . The museum houses contemporary exhibits, and particularly highlights issues that characterize femininity, its struggles, and connects traditions with contemporary themes.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is the Roman Catholic parish church of Echt, dedicated to Saint Landry of Soignies.

Chapel
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is a chapel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schilberg and Pey.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the Dutch Limburgish village of Echt. It is home to Our Lady of , a chapel and pilgrimage site. It was home to 1,870 people in 2021.

Village
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is a village in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of . It is located to the east of the Echt and is separated from Echt by the railway line. It is located about 11 kilometres north of .

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 11 km north of . The hamlet was first mentioned around 1700 as Broich, and means "swampy land".

Echt

Latitude
51.1073° or 51° 6′ 26″ north
Longitude
5.87198° or 5° 52′ 19″ east
Population
7,570
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL ECH
Open location code
9F374V4C+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3124107962
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2756444
Wiki­data ID
Q2473420
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Echt” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Echt”
  • Bulgarian: “Ечт”
  • Catalan: “Echt”
  • Cebuano: “Echt”
  • Chinese: “Echt”
  • Dutch: “Echt (Limburg)”
  • Dutch: “Echt”
  • Esperanto: “Echt”
  • French: “Echt”
  • Irish: “Echt”
  • Japanese: “エヒト”
  • Kurdish: “Echt, Limburg”
  • Kurdish: “Echt”
  • Limburgan: “Ech”
  • Lithuanian: “Echtas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Echt”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Echt”
  • Persian: “اخت”
  • Russian: “Эхт”
  • Slovak: “Echt”
  • Turkish: “Echt”
  • Ukrainian: “Ехт”
  • Welsh: “Echt, Netherlands”
  • Zeeuws: “Echt”
  • “Ech”
  • “Echt”

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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 “Echt”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.