| Bemelen | |
| Other Name: | Bieëmele |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Limburg (Netherlands) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Eijsden-Margraten |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 104 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.43 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 350 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 6268 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 043 |
| Coordinates: | 50.8472°N 5.7639°W |
Bemelen (pronounced as /nl/; li|Bieëmele pronounced as /li/) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is part of the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, and lies about 5 km east of Maastricht.
The village was first mentioned in 1096 as Bemele. The etymology is unknown.[3] Bemelen is a village on the eastern flank of the Maas along the Roman road from Maastricht to Aachen. Until 1794, it was a heerlijkheid of the in Maastricht.[4]
The Catholic St Laurentius Church is a single aisled church. The tower has 12th century elements. The church was replaced in 1845 by a neoclassical building.[4]
Bemelen was home to 138 people in 1840. Until 1982, Bemelen was a separate municipality, after which it became part of the municipality Margraten, which fused with municipality Eijsden in 2011 to form Eijsden-Margraten.[5]