Maarssen

Coordinates: 52°08′07″N 5°02′29″E / 52.135144°N 5.041297°E / 52.135144; 5.041297CountryNetherlandsProvinceUtrechtMunicipalityStichtse VechtArea • Total30.86 km² (11.92 sq mi) • Land27.20 km² (10.50 sq mi) • Water3.66 km² (1.41 sq mi)Population • Total39,363 • Density1,447/km² (3,750/sq mi) Source: CBS, Statline.Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitewww.stichtsevecht.nl

Maarssen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːrsə(n)] ^ⓘ) is a town in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal. The west of Maarssen is called Maarssen-Broek^[1] whereas the east is called Maarssen-Dorp. Both put together and joined by other small towns around provide the area of Maarssen.

On 1 January 2011 Maarssen merged with the councils of Breukelen and Loenen to become Stichtse Vecht.

Population centres

The former municipality of Maarssen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:

• Maarssen (colloquially "Maarssen-dorp") and Maarssen-Broek
• Maarssenbroek
• Maarsseveen
• Molenpolder
• Oud-Maarsseveen
• Oud-Zuilen
• Tienhoven

Transportation

• Maarssen railway station

References

External links

• Media related to Maarssen at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Historische Kring Maarssen
• Maarssen 2000