Bunde | |
Native Name: | Bung |
Native Name Lang: | li |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Limburg |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Meerssen |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 47 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.67 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 5,230 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 6241 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | 043 |
Coordinates: | 50.8958°N 5.7331°W |
Bunde (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈbʏndə/; Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish: Bung in Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish pronounced as /ˈbʏŋ/) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Meerssen, about 2 km northwest of Meerssen itself.
The village was first mentioned in 893 as Bundende. The etymology is unclear.[3] Bunde developed on the eastern flank of the Maas Valley. It used to belong to the . In 1626, it became an independent heerlijkheid.[4] Between June 1814 until May 1815, it was part of Prussia, but awarded to the Kingdom of the Netherlands by the Congress of Vienna.
The Old St Agnes Church is a single aisled church with a double tower at the front. In 1714, the medieval church was replaced by the current church. The tower burnt down in 1822 after a lightning strike. The New St Agnes Church is an aisleless church with concrete tower built between 1959 and 1960.[4]
Bunde was home to 386 people in 1840.[5] It was a separate municipality until 1982, when it became part of the municipality Meerssen.