page_title: Roermond
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Roermond / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Topografische kaart van Roermond (woonplaats). Resolutie: 300 pixels/km. Kaartbeeld samengesteld uit de open geodata van de Top10NL en Top25namen (Basisregistratie Topografie, Kadaster), Creative Commons BY licentie. Gebouwvlakken uit open geodata BAG extract. Wegen uit de OpenStreetMap. Reliëfschaduw uit de Actuele Hoogtekaart AHN2. Samenstelling en kleurenschema: Jan-Willem van Aalst, met QGIS2. Zie ook de Legenda.
context_page_description: Roermond is a city, a municipality, and a diocese in the southeastern part of the Netherlands.
  Roermond is an historically important town, on the lower Roer at the east bank of the Meuse river. It received town rights in 1231. Roermond town centre has been designated as a conservation area.
  Through the centuries the town has filled the role of commercial centre, principal town in the duchy of Guelders and since 1559 it has served as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Roermond. The skyline of the historic town is dominated by the towers of its two churches: St. Christopher Cathedral and Roermond Minster or 'Munsterkerk' in Dutch. In addition to important churches, the town centre has many listed buildings and monuments.
context_section_description: Roermond is situated in the middle of the province of Limburg bordered by the River Maas to the west and Germany to the east.
caption: Dutch Topographic map of Roermond (town), as of March 2014
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