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Schinnen
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Village and former municipality | |
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| Coordinates: 50°57′N 5°53′E / 50.950°N 5.883°ECoordinates: 50°57′N 5°53′E / 50.950°N 5.883°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Municipality | Beekdaelen |
| Merged | 2019 |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,545 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6365[1] |
| Area code | 046 |
Schinnen (nl; Template:Langx li) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It was home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.[3] It is also the location of Alfa Brewery, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring.[4] In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Onderbanken to form the municipality of Beekdaelen.[5]
Cities and towns
[edit]- Amstenrade
- Doenrade
- Oirsbeek
- Puth
- Schinnen
- Sweikhuizen
Topography
[edit]Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Schinnen, June 2015
Notable people
[edit]- Hans Erkens (born 1952), AFC Ajax footballer
- Frans Körver (1937-2024), footballer
- Henk van der Linden (1925–2021), film director
- G. M. Nijssen (born 1938), computer scientist
- Henri Ritzen (1892–1976), painter
- Theo Rutten (1899–1980), politician and minister
- Julie Zwarthoed (born 1994), ice hockey player
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 6365BK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "U.S. Army Garrison Benelux (Schinnen)". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2010-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Gemeenteraad Beekdaelen beëdigd in gemeentehuis Nuth" [Town council of Beekdaelen sworn in at Nuth municipality office] (in Dutch). 1Limburg. 2 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links
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Media related to Schinnen at Wikimedia Commons
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