Horst aan de Maas
Horst aan de Maas is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. In 2010 the municipalities Sevenum and part of Meerlo-Wanssum joined the municipality.
Population centres
America, Broekhuizen, Broekhuizenvorst, Evertsoort, Griendtsveen, Grubbenvorst, Hegelsom, Horst, Kronenberg, Lottum, Meerlo, Melderslo, Meterik, Sevenum, Swolgen and Tienray.Topography
''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Horst aan de Maas, June 2015.''Notable people
- Frans Schraven a Dutch Catholic bishop who served as a missionary in China
- Hub van Doorne and his brother Wim, founded DAF
- Servaas Huys a Dutch politician
- Jack Poels singer, guitarist and harmonica player of Rowwen Hèze
- Peter Jenniskens a Dutch and American astronomer and senior research scientist
- Twan Huys a Dutch journalist, TV presenter and author
- Raymond Knops a Dutch politician
- Marijn Poels a Dutch independent filmmaker and documentary maker
- Mark Verheijen a Dutch politician
- Rowwen Hèze a Limburgish folk band
- Heideroosjes punk rock band
Sport
- Paul Verhaegh a former Dutch soccerplayer with 453 club caps and 3 internatonial caps
- Dirk Marcellis a former Dutch soccerplayer with 259 club caps
- Dominique Janssen Dutch soccerplayer