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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Horst aan de Maas
| native_name             = {{native name|li|Haors aan de Maos}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = CentreBroekhuizen1.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [[Broekhuizen, Limburg|Broekhuizen]] town square
| image_flag              = Horst aan de Maas vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
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| image_shield            = Horst aan de Maas wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
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| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 1507 (2019).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Horst aan de Maas in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
| coordinates             = {{coord|51|27|N|6|3|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1 January 2001<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/methoden/classificaties/overzicht/gemeentelijke-indeling/2001/default.htm
 |title = Gemeentelijke indeling op 1 januari 2001
 |trans-title=Municipal divisions on 1 January 2001
 |language = nl
 |website = cbs.nl
 |publisher = [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]]
 |access-date = 21 October 2013}}</ref>
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.horstaandemaas.nl/Bestuur/College_van_B_W/Kennismaking_college/Samenstelling/Burgemeester_Kees_van_Rooij
 |title       = Burgemeester Kees van Rooij
 |trans-title=Mayor Kees van Rooij
 |language    = nl
 |publisher   = Gemeente Horst aan de Maas
 |access-date  = 22 October 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130606042735/http://www.horstaandemaas.nl/Bestuur/College_van_B_W/Kennismaking_college/Samenstelling/Burgemeester_Kees_van_Rooij
 |archive-date = 6 June 2013
}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|VVD]]
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Ina Leppink-Schuitema]]
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| unit_pref               = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Horst aan de Maas}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Horst aan de Maas}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Horst aan de Maas}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 5961ES 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=22 October 2013 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 
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| elevation_m             = 24
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| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Horst aan de Maas}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Horst aan de Maas}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 5864–5872, 5960–5977
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 0478, 077
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.horstaandemaas.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Horst aan de Maas''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɔrst aːn də ˈmaːs|lang|138 Horst aan de Maas.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Haors aan de Maos}} {{IPA|li|ˈɦɔːʀs aːn də ˈmɔːs|}}){{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southeastern [[Netherlands]], in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. In 2010 the municipalities [[Sevenum]] and part of [[Meerlo-Wanssum]] joined the municipality.

== Population centres ==

[[America, Netherlands|America]], [[Broekhuizen, Limburg|Broekhuizen]], [[Broekhuizenvorst]], [[Evertsoort]], [[Griendtsveen]], [[Grubbenvorst]], [[Hegelsom]], [[Horst, Limburg|Horst]], [[Kronenberg, Netherlands|Kronenberg]], [[Lottum]], [[Meerlo]], [[Melderslo]], [[Meterik]], [[Sevenum]], [[Swolgen]] and [[Tienray]].

===Topography===
[[File:Gem-HorstaandeMaas-OpenTopo.jpg|475px|]]

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, June 2015.''

==Notable people==
[[File:Huub van Doorne (1965).jpg|140px|thumb|Huub van Doorne, 1965]]
[[File:Heideroosjes.jpg|140px|thumb|Heideroosjes, 2008]]
* [[Frans Schraven]] (1873 in Lottum – 1937) a Dutch Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in China
* [[Hub van Doorne]] (1900 in America – 1979) and his brother Wim, founded [[DAF Trucks|DAF]]
* [[Servaas Huys]] (1940 in Grubbenvorst – 2016) a Dutch politician
* [[Jack Poels]] (born 1957 in America) singer, guitarist and harmonica player of [[Rowwen Hèze]]
* [[Peter Jenniskens]] (born 1962 in Horst) a Dutch and American astronomer and senior research scientist
* [[Twan Huys]] (born 1964 in Sevenum) a Dutch journalist, TV presenter and author <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2815780/  IMDb Database] retrieved 16 August 2019 </ref>
* [[Raymond Knops]] (born 1971 in Hegelsom) a Dutch politician
* [[Marijn Poels]] (born 1975 in Meerlo) a Dutch independent filmmaker and documentary maker <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5402349/  IMDb Database] retrieved 16 August 2019 </ref>
* [[Mark Verheijen]] (born 1976 in Baarlo) a Dutch politician
* [[Rowwen Hèze]] (founded 1985) a [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburgish]] folk band
* [[Heideroosjes]] (active 1989-2012) punk rock band
=== Sport ===
* [[Paul Verhaegh]] (born 1983 in Kronenberg) a former Dutch soccerplayer with 453 club caps and 3 internatonial caps
* [[Dirk Marcellis]] (born 1988 in Horst) a former Dutch soccerplayer with 259 club caps
* [[Dominique Janssen]] (born 1995 in Horst) Dutch soccerplayer

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.horstaandemaas.nl Official website]

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Horst aan de Maas
|North     = [[Venray]]
|Northeast = [[Bergen, Limburg|Bergen]]<br>''[[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]''
|East      = ''[[Meuse (river)|Meuse]]'' / [[Venlo]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Peel en Maas]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Deurne, North Brabant|Deurne]]&nbsp;([[North Brabant|NB]])
|Northwest = 
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{{Dutch municipality Horst aan de Maas}}
{{Limburg Province (Netherlands)}}
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[[Category:Horst aan de Maas| ]]
[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2001]]


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