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Horst aan de Maas

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Country
  
Netherlands

Elevation
  
24 m (79 ft)

Postcode
  
5864–5872, 5960–5977

Area
  
122.6 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 12:11 AM

Established
  
1 January 2001

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code
  
0478, 077

Province
  
Limburg

Horst aan de Maas wismansinformatievisienlafbgemeentejpg

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 87% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Toverland, Museum de Kantfabriek, Museum De Locht, Mariapeel, Roeffen Mart

Horst aan de Maas ( pronunciation ) (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.

Contents

Map of Horst aan de Maas, Netherlands

Population centres

America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizenvorst, Evertsoort, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Horst, Kronenberg, Lottum, Meerlo, Melderslo, Meterik, Sevenum, Swolgen and Tienray.

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

    Horst aan de Maas Wikipedia
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