Haelen
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Haelen is a town
in the south-eastern Netherlands
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Until it became a part of Leudal
on 1 January 2007, Haelen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Buggenum, Horn, and Nunhem
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the south-eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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Until it became a part of Leudal
Leudal
Leudal is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer....
on 1 January 2007, Haelen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Buggenum, Horn, and Nunhem
Nunhem
Nunhem is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Leudal, 1 km north of Haelen.Nunhem was a separate municipality until 1942, when it was merged with Haelen....
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