Nieuw-Bergen

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Nieuw-Bergen (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen (L.) and lies about 28 km north of Venlo. Nieuw-Bergen was officially founded on 9 July 1963 as the new settlement.[1]

After the destruction of Bergen in 1944–1945, a new settlement was built further to the east.[2] Construction started in 1955.[3] In 1969, the town hall of the municipality was built in Nieuw Bergen.[2] In 1975, a church was built. In 2015, a shopping mall was built with apartments and a distinct Script error: No such module "convert". high tower to give the village a landmark.[3]

In 1988, two British Royal Air Force off-duty soldiers were killed in the town by a bomb attached to their car by Irish Republican Army (IRA).[4]

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