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Heerlen

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Heer·len  (hârln)
A city of southeast Netherlands east-northeast of Maastricht near the German border. It is a manufacturing center in a coal-mining area. Population: 90,500.
Heerlen [ˈhɪələn (Dutch) ˈheːrlə]
n
(Placename) a city in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg province: industrial centre of a coal-mining region. Pop.: 95 794 (1994)
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