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neighbourhood in Gulpen-Wittem

Wijlre

1,885 residents · postal code 6321 · Part of Wijlre, Gulpen-Wittem

  • no. 5,075 of 13,064 neighbourhoods in the Netherlands
  • no. 3 of 27 in Gulpen-Wittem
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Scores per pillar

Wijlre lies in the Geul valley between Gulpen and Valkenburg, with the Brand castle brewery as its best-known address. The village is exceptionally quiet: safety 9.9, position 195 nationally. Nature scores 7.3 — the hillside woods begin behind the last street. The Limburg housing market keeps values at €308k. Overall: 7.1.

Amenities nearby

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Large supermarket
0.7 km
General practitioner
0.7 km
Primary school
0.6 km
Secondary school
3.3 km
Childcare
0.5 km
Train station
3.2 km
Hospital
8.6 km
Restaurant
0.4 km
Café
0.5 km
Library
2.9 km

Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year (residents plus business activity, see method). Small neighbourhoods are statistically smoothed.

Total crimes
17.3
Violent crimes
0.3
Burglaries
0.1

per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses)

Housing

Average property value
€ 308,000
Owner-occupied
63%
Single-family homes
82%
Built after 2000
12%
Income per resident
–

Who lives here

0–15 14%15–25 8%25–45 21%45–65 29%65+ 28%
Average household size
2.1
Households with children
29%
Single-person households
33%
Residents per km²
1,984

Nearby neighbourhoods

Stokhem-Beertsenhoven

Gulpen-Wittem

6.7

Etenaken

Gulpen-Wittem

6.6

Schoonbron

Valkenburg aan de Geul

6.2

Gulpen

Gulpen-Wittem

4.2

Schin op Geul

Valkenburg aan de Geul

4.8

Strucht

Valkenburg aan de Geul

4.1

Similar neighbourhoods

Keijzershof Erven

Pijnacker-Nootdorp

7.1

Bakenes

Haarlem

7.1

Centrum Noord-Oost

Enkhuizen

7.1

Burgwal

Haarlem

7.1

Frequently asked questions

How is the grade for Wijlre calculated?

Wijlre scores 7.1 overall. That is a weighted average of five pillars: safety, amenities, housing, social & income, and nature & quiet. Each pillar compares this neighbourhood with every other neighbourhood in the Netherlands, using open data from CBS and the police.

Is Wijlre a safe neighbourhood?

Wijlre scores 9.9 on safety, based on registered crimes per 1,000 people present (17.3 per year). The national median is around 24.1.