Weustenrade

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Weustenrade
Hamlet
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Weustenrade
Location in the Netherlands
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Weustenrade
Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°54′N5°55′E / 50.900°N 5.917°E / 50.900; 5.917 Coordinates: 50°54′N5°55′E / 50.900°N 5.917°E / 50.900; 5.917
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Municipality Voerendaal
Area
[1]
  Total0.12 km2 (0.05 sq mi)
Elevation
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134 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2021) [1]
  Total230
  Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6343 [1]
Dialing code 045

Weustenrade is a hamlet in the municipality of Voerendaal of the province Limburg, Netherlands. It is located near Hoensbroek, Voerendaal and Klimmen.

The village was first mentioned in 1420 as Woestenroede, and means "desolate cultivated forest". [3] It was home to 105 people in 1840. [4]

There are still several old seventeenth-century houses, among which the 'oliemolen' (oilmill). [5]

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  2. "Postcodetool for 6343AA". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
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