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Heerlen was also the location of the now-defunct University of Theology and Pastorate (Universiteit van Theologie en Pastoraat or UTP in Dutch), which had to close down due to lack of students. Jokingly it was said that Heerlen was the location of the biggest (OU) and the smallest (UTP) university of the Netherlands.
The station was opened on 1 May 1896 and is located on the Sittard–Herzogenrath railway and the Heerlen–Schin op Geul railway [de; nl].The station was an important mining station, until the mines closed down.
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Location within Netherlands. Heerlen Woonboulevard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɦeːrlə(ɱ) ˈʋoːmbuləˌvaːr]) is a railway station in Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Location COROP Inhabitants Area (km²) Population centres Image Beek: Beek ... Heerlen South Limburg: 90,125 45.50 Horst aan de Maas: Horst: North Limburg: 41,786 122.55
Heerlerbaan (Limburgish: Heëlebaan) is a former Dutch village located in the commune of Heerlen, in the province of Dutch Limburg. On 1 January 2008, the area, including the former village had 9872 inhabitants.
There are indications that there was activity in the area around Brunssum going back to prehistory. This also applies to the neighboring municipalities of Heerlen and Landgraaf. Little is known about this habitation. Soil findings and medieval records indicate a continuous occupation of this area over the past 2,000 years.
This necessitated the construction of new residential areas, with the result that Heerlen & Hoensbroek grew closer to each other. Today Hoensbroek & Heerlen now form a contiguous and built-up area. Only the tip, the former Oranje Nassau III mine, currently designed as a park, represents a kind of barrier between the towns.