Schinnen

Village and former municipality in Limburg, Netherlands

Schinnen Sjènne
Village and former municipality
Church in Sweikhuizen
Flag Coat of arms
50°57′N 5°53′E / 50.950°N 5.883°E / 50.950; 5.883
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Beekdaelen
Merged	2019
Area ^[1]
• Total	2.36 km² (0.91 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	71 m (233 ft)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	1,545
• Density	650/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postcode	6365^[1]
Area code	046

Schinnen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsxɪnə(n)] ^ⓘ; Limburgish: Sjènne [ˈʃɛnə]) is a village and a former municipality in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. It was home to US Army Garrison Schinnen, a support base for US personnel assigned to nearby Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum.^[3] It is also the location of Alfa Brewery, the only brewery in the Netherlands that uses an officially certified underground spring.^[4] In 2019, it merged with Nuth and Onderbanken to form Beekdaelen.^[5]

Cities and towns

Amstenrade
Doenrade
Oirsbeek
Puth
Schinnen
Sweikhuizen

Topography

Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Schinnen, June 2015

Notable people

Hans Erkens (born 1952), AFC Ajax footballer
Frans Körver (born 1937), footballer
Henk van der Linden (1925–2021), film director
G. M. Nijssen (born 1938), computer scientist
Henri Ritzen (1892–1976), painter
Theo Rutten (1899–1980), politician and minister
Julie Zwarthoed (born 1994), ice hockey player

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021". Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ "Postcodetool for 6365BK". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ "U.S. Army Garrison Benelux (Schinnen)". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2010-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Gemeenteraad Beekdaelen beëdigd in gemeentehuis Nuth" [Town council of Beekdaelen sworn in at Nuth municipality office] (in Dutch). 1Limburg. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.