Heerlen
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Heerlen is a municipality and a town in the southeastern Netherlands and the second biggest city in the province of Limburg.
In the 19th century it became a centre for the coal mining industry.
A distinctive building in the city centre is the so-called Glaspaleis (Glass Palace), formerly housing the Schunck fashion store and now a cultural centre. It's a national monument and listed as one of the 1000 most important buildings of the 20th century.
Population centres
- Heerlen
- Hoensbroek.
- Palemig.
- Aambos.
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