Horst (Limburg)

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Horst is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas. Although the municipality is named after the village, Horst itself is not called "aan de Maas", because it does not lie on the River Meuse (in Dutch called Maas).

Towns, and the number of inhabitants on 01.01.2007

America 2.134

Broekhuizen 786

Broekhuizenvorst 1.103

Griendtsveen 548

Grubbenvorst 4.790

Hegelsom 1.907

Horst 12.037

Lottum 2.031

Melderslo 1.969

Meterik 1.552

Total 28.857

Horst was a separate municipality until 2001, when it merged with Broekhuizen and Grubbenvorst to form the new municipality Horst aan de Maas. The municipality has since then the towns Grubbenvorst, Lottum, Broekhuizen and Broekhuizenvorst on it.^[1]