Stein, Limburg
Stein is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality had a population of in and covers an area of of which is water.
The municipality of Stein makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the east and Beek in the southeast, and lies furthermore west of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. To the west lies the Belgian border, across the Meuse river. In comparison to other cities and villages in the area, Stein is fairly big. It is also the capital city of the municipality with the same name. It has i.a. three Roman Catholic churches, an abandoned mediaeval castle, and a port to the Juliana Canal which used to be the second largest inland port in all of Europe.
On 29 October 2009, the shopping mall of Stein suffered a severe fire. As a result of the calamity, the town subsequently lost 40 shops, 2 banks, 1 restaurant and 6 houses. The adjacent, iconic, 11-story apartment building 'De Stevel', remained intact.
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Population centres
- Berg aan de Maas
- Catsop
- Elsloo
- Maasband
- Meers
- Nattenhoven
- Stein
- Urmond
Notable people
- Sjefke Janssen, a Dutch professional road bicycle racer
- Manfred Naumann, a German marathon runner, competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- René Lotz, a retired Dutch cyclist, competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Mia Gommers, a retired Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres; bronze medallist at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Harry Steevens, a retired Dutch cyclist
- Henk Temmink, a Dutch chess player
- Frank Dikötter, a Dutch historian who specialises in modern China
- Silvia Pepels is a triathlon athlete, competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics