Horst aan de Maas
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| Horst aan de Maas | |||
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| Broekhuizen town square
Broekhuizen town square
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| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Limburg | ||
| Established | 1 January 2001[1] | ||
| Government[2] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Kees van Rooij (CDA) | ||
| Area[3] | |||
| • Total | 191.92 km2 (74.10 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 188.60 km2 (72.82 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 3.32 km2 (1.28 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[4] | 24 m (79 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[5] | |||
| • Total | 41,680 | ||
| • Density | 221/km2 (570/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 5864–5872, 5960–5977 | ||
| Area code | 0478, 077 | ||
| Website | www |
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Horst aan de Maas (Audio file "138 Horst aan de Maas.ogg" not found) (Limburgish: Haos aan de Maos) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.
Population centres
America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizenvorst, Evertsoort, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Horst, Kronenberg, Lottum, Meerlo, Melderslo, Meterik, Sevenum, Swolgen and Tienray.
Topography
File:Gem-HorstaandeMaas-OpenTopo.jpg
Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, June 2015.
Notable people
- Hub and Wim van Doorne, founders of DAF
- Willem Jozef Droesen, Member of Parliament for the Roman-Catholic State Party (1933–1967)
- Suzanne Freriks, volleyball player
- Heideroosjes, punk rock band
- Servaes Huys, Member of Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party (1986–1998)
- Twan Huys, television presenter for Nova
- Raymond Knops, Member of Parliament for the Christian Democratic Appeal (2005–2006, 2007–present)
- Dirk Marcellis, football player for AZ Alkmaar and the Netherlands
- Rowwen Hèze, Limburgish folk band
- Marijn Poels, Independent documentarymaker
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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