Geleen

Geleen is a city in . It's one of the major towns in the region, but of limited interest to average travellers as it's mostly an industrial city.
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  • Type: Town with 32,000 residents
  • Description: city in Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 6161-6167

Places of Interest

Highlights include Geleen-Lutterade railway station and Sint-Janskluis.

Railway station
is located in the neighbourhood within the municipality of , Netherlands. The railway station opened in 1862 on the Maastricht–Venlo railway.

Sports venue
is a sports venue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sittard and Lindenheuvel.

is a city in the , situated in the southernmost province of . The town is part of the municipality of and has almost 37,500 inhabitants in 2016.

Quarter
is a quarter.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of , and it lies in the Western Mine Region.

Geleen

Latitude
50.97° or 50° 58′ 12″ north
Longitude
5.8267° or 5° 49′ 36″ east
Population
32,000
Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL GEE
Open location code
9F27XR9G+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4004062547
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2755616
Wiki­data ID
Q73570
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Zeeuws—“Geleen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Geleen
  • Belarusian: Гелеэн
  • Catalan: Geleen
  • Cebuano: Geleen
  • Chinese: Geleen
  • Chinese: 哈连
  • Chinese: 哈連
  • Chinese: 赫伦
  • Chinese: 赫倫
  • Czech: Geleen
  • Danish: Geleen
  • Dutch: Geleen
  • French: Geleen
  • German: Geleen
  • Hebrew: חאלין
  • Hungarian: Geleen
  • Irish: Geleen
  • Italian: Geleen
  • Japanese: ヘレーン (オランダ)
  • Kurdish: Geleen
  • Limburgan: Gelaen
  • Limburgan: Geleen
  • Lithuanian: Gelenas
  • Luxembourgish: Geleen
  • Min Nan Chinese: Geleen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Geleen
  • Persian: خلین
  • Persian: خیلین
  • Polish: Geleen
  • Portuguese: Geleen
  • Russian: Гелен
  • Silesian: Geleen
  • Slovenian: Geleen
  • Spanish: Geleen
  • Swedish: Geleen
  • Thai: Geleen
  • Thai: เคเลน
  • Turkish: Geleen
  • Ukrainian: Гелен
  • Welsh: Geleen
  • Zeeuws: Geleên

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Geleen”. Photo: Jossarisfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.