Thorn

Thorn is an old city and former independent microstate in , The Netherlands and small parts of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,410 residents
  • Description: town in Maasgouw, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Thorn, Netherlands”
  • Postal code: 6017

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thorn Museum and Burcht van Kessenich.

Museum
Photo: Rosemoon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kessenich and Maasbracht.

Village
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is a village in the province . It is a section of the municipality of , lying in the eastern end of the municipality.

Village
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is a town in the southeastern . It was a separate municipality until 1 January 2007, when it became a part of the new municipality of . is situated 3½ km southeast of Thorn.

Village
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is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of .

Thorn

Latitude
51.1611° or 51° 9′ 40″ north
Longitude
5.8403° or 5° 50′ 25″ east
Population
2,410
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL THN
Open location code
9F375R6R+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8197670963
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2746342
Wiki­data ID
Q72842
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Thorn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Thorn, Nederland”
  • Afrikaans: “Thorn”
  • Albanian: “Thorn”
  • Asturian: “Thorn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Torn”
  • Catalan: “Thorn”
  • Cebuano: “Thorn”
  • Chinese: “Thorn”
  • Chinese: “托伦”
  • Chinese: “托尔恩”
  • Chinese: “托爾恩”
  • Dutch: “Thorn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تهورن”
  • Esperanto: “Thorn”
  • French: “Thorn”
  • German: “Thorn”
  • Indonesian: “Thorn”
  • Irish: “Thorn”
  • Italian: “Thorn”
  • Japanese: “ソーン”
  • Kurdish: “Thorn, Limburg”
  • Kurdish: “Thorn”
  • Ladin: “Thorn”
  • Limburgan: “Thoear”
  • Limburgan: “Thorn”
  • Limburgan: “Toear”
  • Lithuanian: “Tornas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Thorn”
  • Malay: “Thorn”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thorn”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Thorn”
  • Persian: “ثارن”
  • Polish: “Thorn”
  • Romanian: “Thorn”
  • Russian: “Торн (Нидерланды)”
  • Russian: “Торн”
  • Spanish: “Thorn”
  • Swedish: “Thorn, Nederländerna”
  • Swedish: “Thorn”
  • Turkish: “Thorn”
  • Ukrainian: “Торн (Нідерланди)”
  • Ukrainian: “Торн”
  • Urdu: “تھورن، نیدرلینڈز”
  • Vietnamese: “Thorn”
  • Welsh: “Thorn”

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