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Limburg

First-level unit, Netherlands: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NLD-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NLD / NLStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
1,119,901
people (GHSL 2025)
2,202 km²
area
6.3%
of Netherlands
31
units inside

01Imephu

Inside Limburg

The 31 ADM2 units of Limburg.

FIG 1 · 31 units inside Limburg
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Abantu · GHSL 2025

1,119,901

6.3% of Netherlands.

Abantu · WorldPop 2025

1,153,184

+3% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

2,202 km²

509 people per km².

Code

NL-LI

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Indawo esogwini ephansi

9,424

people on land at or below 10 m, 0.8% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

31 units inside Limburg

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Beek – 24,607 25,922 21.12 1,165 2.1% 0
Beekdaelen – 30,555 30,388 78 392 2.6% 0
Beesel – 12,890 11,255 29.1 443 1.1% 253
Bergen (L) – 11,043 11,339 108.32 102 1% 368
Brunssum – 32,589 32,589 17.33 1,880 2.8% 0
Echt-Susteren – 37,944 36,016 104.28 364 3.3% 0
Eijsden-Margraten – 22,021 24,454 78.22 282 1.9% 0
Gennep – 21,534 23,176 50.36 428 1.9% 3,469
Gulpen-Wittem – 10,565 10,687 73.36 144 0.9% 0
Heerlen – 105,412 103,930 45.53 2,315 9.1% 0
Horst aan de Maas – 41,911 46,178 191.64 219 3.6% 319
Kerkrade – 36,762 36,762 22.15 1,660 3.2% 0
Landgraaf – 58,116 58,872 24.51 2,371 5% 0
Leudal – 38,343 38,758 164.36 233 3.3% 0
Maasgouw – 12,853 12,405 57.83 222 1.1% 0
Maastricht – 153,397 138,241 59.93 2,560 13.3% 0
Meerssen – 7,446 8,925 27.68 269 0.6% 0
Mook en Middelaar – 14,601 13,339 18.46 791 1.3% 1,603
Nederweert – 11,782 15,102 101.25 116 1% 0
Peel en Maas – 46,597 51,005 160.81 290 4% 89
Roerdalen – 23,864 25,558 88.37 270 2.1% 0
Roermond – 62,019 69,573 70.73 877 5.4% 0
Simpelveld – 7,563 8,663 15.92 475 0.7% 0
Sittard-Geleen – 84,970 86,929 80.16 1,060 7.4% 0
Stein – 23,349 21,331 22.84 1,022 2% 0
Vaals – 31,059 26,583 23.76 1,307 2.7% 0
Valkenburg aan de Geul – 18,071 19,121 36.5 495 1.6% 0
Venlo – 60,549 85,811 128.18 472 5.2% 3,010
Venray – 44,670 46,099 164.44 272 3.9% 313
Voerendaal – 16,559 16,925 31.4 527 1.4% 0
Weert – 50,290 52,189 105.3 478 4.4% 0
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
None at this resolution
Amachweba
None at this resolution
Izikhumulo zezindiza
None at this resolution
Major roads
None at this resolution
Ojantshi
None at this resolution
Rivers and lakes
None at this resolution
05Ubungozi

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Limburg publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Netherlands.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

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Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM1, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NLD ADM2, source: National Georegister, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2022
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.