Simpelveld
Known mostly for the Miljoenenlijn steam train, which originates here, Simpelveld is a small city in the South Limburg region, in the Dutch province Limburg. Also, in 1930 the so-called "Sarcophagus of Simpelveld" was discovered here.
- Type: municipality of the Netherlands with 10,500 residents
- Description: municipality in Limburg, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Bocholtz”, “Simpelveld (gemeente)”, and “Simpelveld Municipality”
- Neighbors: Aachen and Heerlen
Places of Interest
Highlights: Parkstad Limburg Stadion and Castle De Bongard.
Parkstad Limburg Stadion
Stadium
Photo: Ymmit1983, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Partij-Wittem and Vaals.
Partij-Wittem
Simpelveld
Latitude
50.829° or 50° 49′ 44″ north
Longitude
5.9841° or 5° 59′ 3″ east
Population
10,500
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
9F27RXHM+JJ
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Simpelveld” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Simpelveld”
- Albanian: “Simpelveld”
- Arabic: “سيمبلفيلد”
- Armenian: “Սիմպելֆելդ”
- Asturian: “Simpelveld”
- Basque: “Simpelveld”
- Catalan: “Simpelveld”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Simpelveld”
- Chinese: “辛佩爾費爾德”
- Chinese: “辛珀尔费尔德”
- Danish: “Simpelveld”
- Dutch: “Simpelveld”
- Esperanto: “Simpelveld”
- French: “Simpelveld”
- German: “Simpelveld”
- Indonesian: “Simpelveld”
- Irish: “Simpelveld”
- Italian: “Simpelveld”
- Javanese: “Simpelveld”
- Kurdish: “Simpelveld”
- Ladin: “Simpelveld”
- Limburgan: “Zumpelveld”
- Lithuanian: “Simpelveldas”
- Low German: “Simpelveld”
- Luxembourgish: “Simpelveld”
- Malay: “Simpelveld”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Simpelveld”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simpelveld”
- Norwegian: “Simpelveld”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Simpelveld”
- Persian: “سیمپلفلد”
- Polish: “Simpelveld”
- Portuguese: “Simpelveld”
- Romanian: “Simpelveld”
- Russian: “Симпелвелд”
- Saterfriesisch: “Simpelveld”
- Spanish: “Simpelveld”
- Swedish: “Simpelveld”
- Turkish: “Simpelveld”
- Ukrainian: “Сімпелвелд”
- Urdu: “سمپل ویلڈ”
- Venetian: “Simpelveld”
- Vietnamese: “Simpelveld”
- Volapük: “Simpelveld”
- Waray (Philippines): “Simpelveld”
- Western Frisian: “Simpelveld”
- Zeeuws: “Simpelveld”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: In de Gaas and Simpelveld.
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