Geleen

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Geleen is a city of 33,960 inhabitants in Limburg, the Netherlands. It forms part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen.

The remains of the oldest prehistoric farms of the Netherlands were found here. The soccer club Fortuna was the former soccer club of Geleen. Also the Rock festival Pinkpop has its roots in Geleen. This festival was held on a horse race track, with a bad reputation. (The gravel caused black dust on dry days and a black mud on rainy days.) The nearby swimming pool was popular with some of the artist that enjoyed themselves backstage.

Until the end of the 19th century, Geleen was a small village. The exploitation of coal mines in the area (the State-owned coal mine "Maurits" was located in Geleen) brought a fast population increase. The mines were closed in the 1960s and 1970s, but the State mining company DSM (privatised in 1989) remained active in Geleen, now purely as a chemicals producer.

Its geographical data are:

  • 50°58' Latitude North
  • 5°49' Longitude East
  • 61 meter Altitude
  • UTC+1 Timezone
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