Sittard-Geleen is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born.

Population centres

Born, Broeksittard, Buchten, Einighausen, Gebroek, Geleen, Graetheide, Grevenbicht, Guttecoven, Holtum, Limbricht, Munstergeleen, Obbicht, Papenhoven, Schipperskerk and Sittard.

Sittard

Sittard is a city with 48,400 inhabitants. It is the home of the professional soccer club Fortuna Sittard. The Sabic European head office, as well as large DSM office and production facilities, are based in this city. Sittard was granted city rights in 1243. Sittard was a small stronghold , until a great part of it was destroyed in the 'rampjaar' 1672. It's geographical data are:

• 51°0'Latitude North
• 5°52' Longitude East
• 52 meter Altitude
• UTC+1 Timezone

Geleen

Geleen is a large town with 33,960 inhabitants. The multinational chemical company DSM, formerly Dutch State Mines, with headquarters in Heerlen, has traditionally owned expansive preduction facilities just west of Geleen, some of which have recently been sold off to Sabic. 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 in the park where now the swimming pool has been built. It's geographical data are:

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

Born

Born is a town with approx. 15,000 inhabitants. It has a port on the Julianakanaal (Juliana channel). Born is also the seat of the car factory Nedcar.

External link

• Official website (http://www.sittard-geleen.nl)

• For a 24/7 view on the Markt in Sittard (http://www.webcamsittard.nl)