Venray

Venray
Venroj
Venray city centre
Venray city centre
Flag of Venray
Coat of arms of Venray
Highlighted position of Venray in a municipal map of Limburg
Location in Limburg
Coordinates: 51°32′N 5°59′E / 51.533°N 5.983°E / 51.533; 5.983
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceLimburg
Government
 • BodyMunicipal council
 • MayorMichiel Uitdehaag (D66)
Area
 • Total165.00 km2 (63.71 sq mi)
 • Land163.27 km2 (63.04 sq mi)
 • Water1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Elevation25 m (82 ft)
Population
 (January 2021)[4]
 • Total43,713
 • Density268/km2 (690/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Venrayenaar, Venrayer
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode
5800–5817
Area code0478
Websitewww.venray.nl
Church: de Onze Lieve Vrouw van Zeven Smarten of Paterskerk
Church: de Sint Petrus Bandenkerk

Venray or Venraij (pronounced [ʋɛnˈraːi] ; Limburgish: Venroj) is a municipality and a city in Limburg, the Netherlands.

The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of 165 km2 (64 sq mi), with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016.[4] About 30,000 of those inhabitants live in the city of Venray; the other 13,000 live in one of the 13 surrounding towns.[5]

  1. ^ "Burgemeester en wethouders" [Mayor and aldermen] (in Dutch). Gemeente Venray. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Postcodetool for 5801MB". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Venray - Gemeente Venray". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

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