Bissen, Netherlands
Bissen | |
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Hamlet | |
Street in Bissen | |
Bissen Location in the Netherlands Bissen Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 50°47′18″N 5°54′5″E / 50.78833°N 5.90139°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Municipality | Gulpen-Wittem |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6281 |
| Dialing code | 043 |
Bissen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɪsə(n)]; Limburgish: Bisse [ˈbɪsə]) is a hamlet in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, about 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Mechelen. It was part of the municipality of Wittem until 1999.
Bissen is not a statistical entity, and the postal authorities have placed it under Mechelen. It has no place name signs and consists of about 20 houses. Together with the adjacent hamlet of Dal to the east, it forms the combined settlement of Dal Bissen, situated along the Dal Bissenweg.