Heythuysen
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Heythuysen is a town
in the south-eastern Netherlands
.
Until it became a part of Leudal
on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Baexem
, Grathem
, and Kelpen-Oler. Heythuysen is home of the famous Grand Café Tom Tom.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the south-eastern Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
Until it became a part of Leudal
Leudal
Leudal is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg. It was formed on January 1, 2007 in a merger of the municipalities of Heythuysen, Haelen, Hunsel, and Roggel en Neer....
on 1 January 2007, Heythuysen was a separate municipality, including the villages of Baexem
Baexem
Baexem is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Leudal, and lies about 9 kilometres northwest of Roermond.In 2001, Baexem had 1961 inhabitants...
, Grathem
Grathem
Grathem is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Leudal, about 10 km west of Roermond.Grathem was a separate municipality until 1991, when it was merged with Heythuysen....
, and Kelpen-Oler. Heythuysen is home of the famous Grand Café Tom Tom.