Castenray is a village in the
Dutch
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People E ...
province of
Limburg
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. It is a part of the municipality of
Venray
Venray or Venraij (; li, Venroj) is a municipality and a city in Limburg, the Netherlands.
The municipality of Venray consists of 14 towns over an area of , with 43,494 inhabitants as of July 2016. About 30,000 of those inhabitants live in the ...
, and lies about 17 km northwest of
Venlo
Venlo () is a city and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg, about 50 km east of the city of Eindhoven, 65 km north east of the provincial capital Maastricht, a ...
.
The village was first mentioned in 1409 as Casterloe. The etymology is unclear.
Castenray was home to 211 people in 1840.
Gallery
File:DSC05507 Venray Castenray, Rijksmonument 37215 kerk, zijaanzicht.JPG, St Matthias Church
File:Venray Castenray, basisschool.JPG, School in Castenray
File:Venray Castenray, Rijksmonument 37213 boerderij Lollebeekweg 57.JPG, Farm in Castenray
References
Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands)
Venray
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