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Sittard

Sittard is a city in the , situated in the southernmost province of . The town is part of the municipality of and has almost 37,500 inhabitants in 2016.
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  • Type: Town with 37,500 residents
  • Description: city in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 6131-6137

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fortuna Sittard Stadion and Sittard railway station.

Stadium
Photo: Weiderinder.de.vu, Public domain.
The is a 12,000-capacity multi-use on the Milaanstraat, Sittard, . Currently used mostly for football matches, it is the home stadium of Fortuna Sittard.

Railway station
Photo: Tibor, CC BY 2.5.
Sittard is a railway station located in Sittard, . The station was opened in 1862 and is located on the Maastricht–Venlo railway and the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway.

Church
Photo: Castro, CC BY 2.5 nl.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geleen and Munstergeleen.

Photo: Jossarisfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . It's one of the major towns in the region, but of limited interest to average travellers as it's mostly an industrial city.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , and it lies in the Western Mine Region.

Village
Photo: Tibor, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in the province of . Part of the municipality of , it is about three kilometres northwest of Sittard.

Sittard

Latitude
50.9974° or 50° 59′ 51″ north
Longitude
5.8667° or 5° 52′ east
Population
37,500
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL SIT
Open location code
9F27XVW8+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2526992665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2747203
Wiki­data ID
Q73022
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Sittard” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Sittard”
  • Arabic: “سيتارد”
  • Armenian: “Սիթարդ”
  • Asturian: “Sittard”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sittard”
  • Bosnian: “Sittard”
  • Bulgarian: “Ситард”
  • Catalan: “Sittard”
  • Cebuano: “Sittard”
  • Chinese: “Sittard”
  • Chinese: “錫塔德”
  • Chinese: “锡塔德”
  • Croatian: “Sittard”
  • Czech: “Sittard”
  • Danish: “Sittard”
  • Dutch: “gemeente Sittard”
  • Dutch: “Sittard (gemeente)”
  • Dutch: “Sittard (plaats)”
  • Dutch: “Sittard”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيتارد”
  • Esperanto: “Sittard”
  • French: “Sittard”
  • German: “Sittard”
  • Hebrew: “סיטארד”
  • Hungarian: “Sittard”
  • Irish: “Sittard”
  • Italian: “Sittard”
  • Japanese: “シッタート”
  • Japanese: “シッタード”
  • Japanese: “シッタルト”
  • Korean: “시타르트”
  • Kurdish: “Sittard”
  • Latin: “Sittardia”
  • Latvian: “Sitarda”
  • Limburgan: “Sittard”
  • Limburgan: “Zitterd”
  • Limburgan: “Zittert”
  • Lithuanian: “Sitardas”
  • Low German: “Sittard”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sittard”
  • Macedonian: “Ситард”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sittard”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sittard”
  • Norwegian: “Sittard”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sittard”
  • Persian: “سیتارد”
  • Polish: “Sittard”
  • Russian: “Ситтард”
  • Silesian: “Sittard”
  • Slovak: “Sittard”
  • Slovenian: “Sittard”
  • Spanish: “Sittard”
  • Swedish: “Sittard”
  • Turkish: “Sittard”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіттард”
  • Welsh: “Sittard”
  • Western Frisian: “Sittard”
  • Zeeuws: “Sittard”
  • “Sittard”

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