Gulpen-Wittem

Gulpen-Wittem ˈʋɪtəm] ; Limburgish: Gullepe-Wittem [ˈʝɵləpə ˈwɪtəm]) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands with 14,246 inhabitants as of 2019.Gulpen-Wittem came into being after the merger of the municipalities Gulpen and Wittem. This took place after a request of both municipalities. At the time of the merger, both municipalities had about 8000 inhabitants, although Wittem was bigger than Gulpen. The town hall was situated in Gulpen, and has kept its function as town hall in the new municipality. The former town hall of Wittem was situated in a manor house in Mechelen since 1986, which is now being used as a "nursing hostel".