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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Eygelshoven
| native_name              = {{nativename|li|Egelze}}
| settlement_type         = Neighbourhood and former village
| image_skyline           = Image:Eygelshoven, HH Johannes de Doperkerk foto10 2011-09-27 13.51.JPG
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| image_caption           = The little church of Eygelshoven
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg, Netherlands|Limburg]]
| subdivision_type2       = Municipality
| subdivision_name2       = [[Kerkrade]]
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6471AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 24 April 2022 }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 104
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| area_total_km2          = 1.24
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| established_date        = 
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref>
| population_total        = 2,140
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_demonym      = 
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| population_density_km2  = auto
| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset              = +1
| timezone_DST            = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 6471<ref name="stat"/>
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]]
| area_code               = 045
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|54|N|6|3|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Eygelshoven''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɛiɣəlsɦoːvə(n)}}, {{langx|li|Egelze}} {{IPA|li|ˈeːɣəlzə|}}, [[Kerkrade dialect|Ripuarian]]: {{lang|ksh|Ejelze}} {{IPA|de|ˈeːjəlzə||generic=yes}}) is a village, since 1982 part of the town of [[Kerkrade]], in the southeast of the [[Netherlands]], close to the German and Belgian borders.

It has two former coal mines, ''Laura'' and ''Julia'', which were named after the wives of the two owners. Both pits closed in 1974.
The local soccer club is also named after the former coal mines.

Eygelshoven has a small former church from the sixteenth century, which stands on top of a hill. In 1922, another church was built. Architect [[Alphons Boosten]] designed the new church. Plans to demolish the old church were abandoned in favour of a new use as a chapel and because of its historical worth.

A third [[Roman Catholic]] church was built in 1957, the Pastoor van Arskerk, which was torn down in 1994 when it became redundant.

The old mining village of Eygelshoven was a separate municipality until 1982, when after more than eight centuries it was merged with Kerkrade.<ref>{{Repertorium Nederlandse Gemeenten}}</ref>

The dialect spoken in Eygelshoven is not the Ripuarian [[Kerkrade dialect]], but a local [[East Limburgish]] variety called [[Egelzer plat]]. One of the biggest differences between the two is the pronunciation of the letter {{angbr|g}}; in Eygelshoven, it is pronounced as a [[voiced velar fricative]], as in southern Standard Dutch, whereas in Kerkrade it is pronounced as a [[palatal approximant]] (as in [[Colognian dialect|Colognian]]), except after back vowels.

==  Transportation  ==
*[[Eygelshoven railway station]]
*[[Eygelshoven Markt railway station]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Eygelshoven, kerk2 foto10 2011-09-27 14.00.JPG|Eygelshoven, church
File:Flats in Limburgse Eygelshoven moet worden gesloopt wegen gebruik ondeugdelijk m, Bestanddeelnr 928-9233.jpg|Apartment building which was later demolished (1976)
File:Beambtenwoningen St. Janstraat Eygelshoven.jpg|Houses in Eygelshoven
File:Mijn-Julia-Kolenwasserij-01.jpg|Former mine Julia
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[List of mayors of Eygelshoven]]

==  References  ==
<references/>

==  External links  ==
* {{commons category-inline}}

{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Mining communities in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Kerkrade]]


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