Maarssen
Maarssen | |
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Town and former municipality | |
 Church near the Schippersgracht, Maarssen-dorp 2007 | |
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| Coordinates: 52°08′07″N 5°02′29″E / 52.135144°N 5.041297°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Utrecht |
| Municipality | Stichtse Vecht |
| Area (2006) | |
• Total | 30.86 km2 (11.92 sq mi) |
| • Land | 27.20 km2 (10.50 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi) |
| Population (1 January 2007) | |
• Total | 39,363 |
| • Density | 1,447/km2 (3,750/sq mi) |
| Source: CBS, Statline | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | stichtseVecht.nl |
Maarssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrsə(n)] ) 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[1] whereas the east is called Maarssen-Dorp. Both put together and joined by other small towns around provide 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]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]References
[edit]- ^ 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
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