Maarssen
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Maarssen | |
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Town and former municipality | |
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| 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) | |
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| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
| • Total | 39,363 |
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Maarssen at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Historische Kring Maarssen
- Maarssen 2000
