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Heerlen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrlə(n)] ⓘ; Limburgish: Heële [ˈɦeə˦lə]) is a city and a municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg .
As a second level administrative division municipalities are the third tier of public administration in the Netherlands after the central government and the provinces. [3] [4] The Netherlands is a decentralized unitary state, which means that the central government is supreme and delegates certain tasks to lower levels of government by law. [5]
English: The "Nederlands Mijnmuseum" ("Dutch Mining Museum") in the South Limburg city of Heerlen. Nederlands: Het Nederlands Mijnmuseum in de Limburgse gemeente Heerlen. This is an image of rijksmonument number 21229
'Heath near Heerlen'), is a Dutch village located in the commune of Heerlen, in the province of Dutch Limburg. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 1 January 2007, the village had 3,180 inhabitants. [ citation needed ] [ needs update ]
Situated close to the Heerlen train station, this egg shaped building dates back to 1938 and was one of the oldest cinemas of the Netherlands. [1] It was designed by Frits Peutz (best known for the Glaspaleis) and J. Bongaerts. The buildings behind it are from a later date and include another building by Peutz (Rivoli, 1958).
Municipality / Coat of arms Main town Location COROP Inhabitants Area (km²) Population centres Image Beek: Beek South Limburg: 16,710 21.00 Beekdaelen
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.
Bernardinuscollege main entrance. Bernardinuscollege is a school in Heerlen, the Netherlands.The school was founded by Franciscan friars in 1903 as a monastery, that was later converted to a Hogere Burgerschool, because of the need for education in the wake of the blooming mining industry.