Wijlre
Wijlre is a small village in South Limburg, known for its beer and popular with tourists who are looking for a more quiet destination than nearby Maastricht or Valkenburg. It's an excellent base for hikers and bikers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,520 residents
- Description: village in Gulpen-Wittem, Netherlands
- Postal code: 6321
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Cartils and Kasteel Wijlre estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gulpen and Partij-Wittem.
Gulpen
Photo: LightPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The friendly village of Gulpen is considered to be the heart of the Heuvelland, the most beautiful and hilly part of the South Limburg region. Its cosy, small centre is a popular destination for Dutch tourists and is a lively place in summer, when a range of events and small festivals are organised.
Partij-Wittem
Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Partij-Wittem is a village in South Limburg, the southernmost part of the Netherlands. The village comprises the two hamlets of Partij and Wittem. As a whole, it is part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem.
Schin op Geul
Village
Photo: Pivos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schin op Geul is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul, about 3 km southeast of the town of Valkenburg.
Wijlre
- Categories: cadastral populated place in the Netherlands and locality
- Location: Gulpen-Wittem, South Limburg, Limburg, Southern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.8319° or 50° 49′ 55″ northLongitude
5.8947° or 5° 53′ 41″ eastPopulation
2,520Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)Open location code
9F27RVJV+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2553417108OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2744477Wikidata ID
Q100019
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wijlre” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wijlre”
- Catalan: “Wijlre”
- Cebuano: “Wijlre”
- Chinese: “Wijlre”
- Dutch: “Wijlre”
- Esperanto: “Wijlre”
- French: “Wijlre”
- German: “Weiler”
- German: “Wijlre”
- Irish: “Wijlre”
- Limburgan: “Wielder”
- Luxembourgish: “Wijlre”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wijlre”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wijlre”
- Russian: “Вейлре”
- Spanish: “Wijlre”
- Ukrainian: “Вейлре”
- Vietnamese: “Wijlre”
- Welsh: “Wijlre”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Wijlre”. Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.