Maarssen
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Maarssen | |
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Town and former municipality | |
| Church near the Schippersgracht, Maarssen-dorp 2007 Church near the Schippersgracht, Maarssen-dorp 2007 | |
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| Location of Maarssen | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′07″N 5°02′29″E / 52.135144°N 5.041297°ECoordinates: 52°08′07″N 5°02′29″E / 52.135144°N 5.041297°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | Stichtse Vecht |
| Area (2006) | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| • Total | 39,363 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Source: CBS, Statline[1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | stichtseVecht.nl |
Maarssen (nl) is a town in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal. The west of Maarssen is called Maarssen-broek, whereas the east is called Maarssen-Dorp. The two localities, along with other small nearby towns, constitute the area of Maarssen.
On 1 January 2011 Maarssen merged with the councils of Breukelen and Loenen to become municipality of Stichtse Vecht.
Population centres
The former municipality of Maarssen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages (dorp) and/or districts:
- Maarssen (colloquially "Maarssen-dorp") and Maarssenbroek
- Maarssenbroek, a town
- Maarsseveen, a hamlet
- Molenpolder, a hamlet
- Oud-Maarsseveen, a hamlet
- Oud-Zuilen, a village
- Tienhoven, a village
Transportation
References
- ↑ Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Maarssen at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Historische Kring Maarssen
- Maarssen 2000
