Key facts
- Country
- Netherlands
- Province
- Limburg
- Established
- 1 January 2010
- Body
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Bob Vostermans ( CDA )
- Total
- 161.35 km (62.30 sq mi)
- Land
- 159.37 km (61.53 sq mi)
- Water
- 1.98 km (0.76 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 34 m (112 ft)
- Density
- 274/km (710/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postcode
- 5768, 5980–5995
- Area code
- 077
- Website
- www .peelenmaas .nl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Netherlands
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Limburg
- Population
- 45555
- Area
- 161.32
- Elevation
- 34
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Leudal
- Official website
- www.peelenmaas.nl
- Image
- Rooms-katholieke parochiekerk, Maasbree foto2 2008-07-24 11.26.jpg
- Households
- 16635
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- contains settlement
- Helden
- topic's main category
- Category:Peel en Maas
- Commons category
- Peel en Maas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Peel en Maas
- inception
- 2010-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.08
- postal code
- 5995
- native label
- Peel en Maas
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +31-773066666
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Encyclopedic overview
Logo Peel en Maas municipality Peel en Maas ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpeːl ɛ ˈmaːs]; Limburgish: Pieël en Maas) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, established on 1 January 2010. It is situated in the province of Limburg. The municipality is formed by the towns of Panningen, Helden, Kessel, Kessel-Eik, Maasbree, Baarlo, Beringe, Egchel, Grashoek, Koningslust, and Meijel. It has a population of more than 40,000 people from various backgrounds. The municipality has several facilities such as a high school, public library, swimming pool, and a well-connected public bus transport system.
Each town has its own characteristics. The municipality's official slogan is: "beleef de ruimte!" (experience the space!).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peel en Maas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.