Maasbree, Limburg Province, Netherlands
🇳🇱 Maasbree (Bree) is a former municipality and a town in south-eastern Netherlands. Until 1818, the municipality was just called Bree in Dutch too.
Population centres • Baarlo • Maasbree.
History In the Middle Ages Maasbree and Baarlo belonged to the duchy of Guelders. Around 1702, at the time of the War of the Spanish Succession Maasbree was occupied by Prussia and remained Prussian until 1814. In 1815 Maasbree became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Maasbree used to be a fiefdom with a castle called Huis Bree, which has meanwhile disappeared.
The punk rock group Sex Pistols performed at Maf Centrum on 11 December 1977, as part of their Dutch Tour. This would be the last date of the tour, as the final 2 dates in Winschoten and Rotterdam were cancelled.
Europe/Amsterdam/Limburg
Maasbree has a population of over 6,625 people. Maasbree also forms part of the wider Peel en Maas Municipality which has a population of over 43,660 people. It is also a part of the larger Limburg Province. Maasbree is situated near Maastricht.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Maasbree has links with:
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🏴 Sittingbourne 51.34
🇩🇿 Hassi Messaoud 6.067
Locations Near: Maasbree 6.05,51.35
🇳🇱 Roermond 5.999,51.198 d: 17.3
🇩🇪 Heinsberg 6.094,51.058 d: 32.6
🇩🇪 Hückelhoven 6.217,51.05 d: 35.3
🇩🇪 Viersen 6.383,51.25 d: 25.7
🇳🇱 Helmond 5.65,51.483 d: 31.5
🇩🇪 Mönchengladbach 6.443,51.196 d: 32.3
Antipodal to: Maasbree -173.95,-51.35
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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15882.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15838.7
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15684.5
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11900.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11820.9
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11808.3
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11803.2