Horn (Netherlands)

Horn (Netherlands)

:"There is also a small village Horn in Stede Broec."

Horn (coord|51|13|N|5|57|E|type:city(3485)) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Haelen, and lies about 5 km northwest of Roermond.

In 2001, Horn had 3485 inhabitants. The built-up area of the town was 1.09 km², and contained 1349 residences.Statistics Netherlands (CBS), "Bevolkingskernen in Nederland 2001" [http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/milieu-natuur-ruimte/ruimte/publicaties/cartografie-geografie/geografische-data/2001-bevolkingskernen-in-nederland.htm] . Statistics are for the continuous built-up area.]

Horn was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged with Haelen. [Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, "Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten", KNAW, 2006. [http://www.knaw.nl/cfdata/publicaties/detail.cfm?boeken__ordernr=20061061] ]

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External links

* [http://www.kuijsten.de/atlas/li/horn.html Map of the former municipality in 1868]


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