Peel en Maas (; li, Pieël en Maas) has been a new

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the southeastern

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

since 1 January 2010. It is situated in the province of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

. The municipality is formed by the towns of

Panningen Panningen (; li, Kepèl) is a Dutch town with a population of 7,618 inhabitants (2020) and is the biggest village of the municipality Peel en Maas. It is centrally located between the cities of Roermond, Weert and Venlo in the north of the Dutch ...

, Helden, Kessel, Kessel-Eik,

Maasbree Maasbree (; li, Bree) is a former municipality and a town in southeastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called ''Bree'' in Dutch too. Population centres * Baarlo *Maasbree History In the Middle Ages Maasbree and Baarlo ...

, Baarlo, Beringe, Egchel, Grashoek, Koningslust, and Meijel. It has a population of more than 40.000 people from various backgrounds. The municipality has several facilities such as a high school, public library, swimming pool, and a well connected public bus transport system. Each town has its own characteristics. The municipality's official slogan is: "beleef de ruimte!" (experience the space!).

History

The towns are situated in the Dutch province of

. This province was part of the southern Catholic parts of the Low Lands. The towns used to be under Belgian, German, and eventually Dutch rule. Each town has a strong local identity and there is a healthy rivalry during the annual carnaval festivities.

Sightseeing

The municipality has several noteworthy places to visit. * To the right is the Maas river with a boulevard in the city of Kessel * To the south is the Musschenberg and the Weerdbeemden natural reserve. Along this path is a former Roman street where Roman coins have been found. * Castle the Keverberg (Kessel) * Sint Antonius Windmill (Kessel) * Castle the Berckt (Baarlo) Panningen plein

Topography

''Dutch Topographic map of the municipality of Peel en Maas, June 2015''

Notable people

* Johannes Eillebrecht (1888 in Helden – 1954) a Greco-Roman wrestler, competed at the 1912 and the 1920 Summer Olympics * Jan Hendrix (born 1949 in Maasbree) a Dutch-born artist, lives and works in Mexico * Leon Thijssen (born 1968 in Baarlo) a Dutch show jumper * Mustafa Amhaouch (born 1970 in Panningen) a Dutch politician * Mark Verheijen (born 1976 in Baarlo) a Dutch former politician *

Martin Porter Martin F. Porter is the inventor of the Porter Stemmer, one of the most common algorithms for stemming English, and the Snowball programming framework. His 1980 paper "An algorithm for suffix stripping", proposing the stemming algorithm, has bee ...

(born 1983 in Maasbree) a Dutch artist and songwriter * Bert Selen (born 1985 in Kessel-Eik) music producer, TV/film composer, instrumentalist and songwriter IMDb Database
retrieved 24 August 2019 * Jorrit Hendrix (born 1995 in Panningen) a Dutch footballer

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Limburg (Netherlands) Municipalities of the Netherlands established in 2010