Brunssum
| Brunssum Broensem | |||
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Vijverpark (Pond park) in Brunssum centre | |||
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.svg.png) Location in Limburg | |||
| Coordinates: 50°57′N 5°58′E / 50.950°N 5.967°ECoordinates: 50°57′N 5°58′E / 50.950°N 5.967°E | |||
| Country | Netherlands | ||
| Province | Limburg | ||
| Government[1] | |||
| • Body | Municipal council | ||
| • Mayor | Luc Winants (CDA) | ||
| Area[2] | |||
| • Total | 17.34 km2 (6.70 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 17.21 km2 (6.64 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.13 km2 (0.05 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation[3] | 81 m (266 ft) | ||
| Population (May 2014)[4] | |||
| • Total | 28,840 | ||
| • Density | 1,676/km2 (4,340/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Brunssumer | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postcode | 6440–6446 | ||
| Area code | 045 | ||
| Website |
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Brunssum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbrɵnsəm]; Limburgish: Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.
Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973.
The municipality of Brunssum has 28,840 residents as of 2014.
Population centres
- Brunssum
- Bouwberg
- De Kling or Onder-Merkelbeek
- Langeberg
- Rumpen
- Treebeek
- Kruisberg
- Haansberg
NATO headquarters
Brunssum is the current home of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFC Brunssum), a NATO headquarters one level below SHAPE in the integrated military command structure. The headquarters was known as Headquarters, Allied Forces Central Europe (HQ AFCENT) from its inception in Fontainebleau, France and relocation to Brunssum in 1967. The name was changed to Regional Headquarters, Allied Forces Northern Europe (RHQ AFNORTH) when a restructuring in 2000 led to the closing of HQ AFNORTH in Kolsås, Norway. The current title was adopted in 2004 to add flexibility to the military command structure by removing regional restrictions. The main base area, Hendrik Camp, was built on a former coal mine called Hendrik Mine.[5]
Brunssum is also the home of the AFNORTH International School, located just outside Hendrik Camp. AFNORTH International School is a K-12 school that mainly provides service to American, British, Canadian, and German dependents[6] of military personnel assigned to JFC Brunssum, the US Army base in Schinnen, and NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen, Germany; as well as the former Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands.
Nature
The Brunssummerheide is a sloping nature landscape with many trails for hiking and running. It is bisected by a brook called Roode Beek (Red Brook). The Brunssumerheide is a protected nature preserve.
Sports
One of the local football teams is BSV Limburgia, formerly known as SV Limburgia, which competes at an amateur level. As SV Limburgia, the club competed in the Eredivisie (Honorary Division) at various times and finished first in 1950. Upon the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands in 1954, SV Limburgia had little success and was relegated to the lowest level of Dutch football, Tweede Divisie (Second Division).
The annual Parelloop ten kilometer road running race is held in Brunssum. Micah Kogo from Kenya won the race in 2009, breaking the world record for that distance.[7]
People from Brunssum
- Vincent Triest, journalist
- Eugène Gerards (7 May 1940), footballer and manager
- the sisters Kowalczyk (Toni, Betty, Marianne), forming later the band Pussycat
- Toni Willé (b. 1953), (former member of Pussycat), singer
- Bob Altena (b. 1986), decathlete
- Jan Dietz (b. 1945), computer scientist
- Patrick Dybiona (b. 1963), freestyle swimmer
- Edward Ka-Spel (b. 1954), musician
- Dennis "Seregor" Droomers (b. 1980), musician from symphonic black metal band Carach Angren
References
- ↑ "College en portefeuille" [Members and tasks of the executive board] (in Dutch). Gemeente Brunssum. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten" [Key figures for neighbourhoods]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ↑ "Postcodetool for 6444AT". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑
- ↑ "AFNORTH International School - Curriculum". Afnorth-is.com. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ IAAF, March 29, 2009: Kogo breaks World 10 km record in Brunssum
External links
Media related to Brunssum at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Website for Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum
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Onderbanken | Gangelt (DE-NW) | | |
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Übach-Palenberg (DE-NW) | ||
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| Heerlen | Landgraaf |
