Maassluis (municipality) (Maassluis)

Netherlands / Zuid-Holland / Maassluis
 municipality, second-level administrative division, draw only border

Maassluis (population: 32,847 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 10.11 km² (of which 1.51 km² water).

It received city rights in 1811. It was also the setting for the Dutch cult classic, Spetters, filmed by noted director Paul Verhoeven there in 1980.
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Coordinates:   51°55'36"N   4°15'9"E
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