Maarssen () is a town in the middle of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, in the province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, along the river Vecht and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal. The west of Maarssen is called Maarssen-broek, whereas the east is called Maarssen-Dorp. The two localities, along with other small nearby towns, constitute the area of Maarssen. On 1 January 2011 Maarssen merged with the councils of

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist i ...

and

Loenen Loenen () is a former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It was in the '' Vechtstreek'' area. On January 1, 2011, Loenen merged with Breukelen and Maarssen to form Stichtse Vecht. Population centres The former munic ...

to become municipality of

Stichtse Vecht Stichtse Vecht is a list of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands and lies in the northwestern part of the Utrecht (province), province of Utrecht. The municipality has about 63,000 inhabitants and covers an area of a ...

Population centres

The former municipality of Maarssen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages ''(dorp)'' and/or districts: * Maarssen (colloquially "Maarssen-''dorp''") and Maarssenbroek * Maarssenbroek, a town * Maarsseveen, a hamlet * Molenpolder, a hamlet * ''Oud''-Maarsseveen, a hamlet * ''Oud''-Zuilen, a village * Tienhoven, a village

Transportation

* Maarssen railway station

References

External links

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Historische Kring Maarssen

Maarssen 2000
Municipalities of the Netherlands disestablished in 2011 Populated places in Utrecht (province) Former municipalities of Utrecht (province) Stichtse Vecht {{Utrecht-geo-stub