Horst aan de Maas

Horst aan de Maas Hoars aon de Maas
—  Municipality  —
Centre of Broekhuizen
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 51°26′N 6°6′E / 51.433°N 6.1°E / 51.433; 6.1Coordinates: 51°26′N 6°6′E / 51.433°N 6.1°E / 51.433; 6.1
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Area(2006)
– Total	122.55 km2 (47.3 sq mi)
– Land	120.62 km2 (46.6 sq mi)
– Water	1.93 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
– Total	28,845
– Density	239/km2 (619/sq mi)
	Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Horst aan de Maas ( pronunciation (help·info)) (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.

Population centres

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

Notable people

• Hub and Wim van Doorne, founders of DAF Trucks
• Maurice Cremers well-known racing motorcyclist
• 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 PSV and the Netherlands
• Rowwen Hèze, Limburgish folk band
• Marijn Poels, Independent documentarymaker

External links

• Official Website (in Dutch)