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{{Infobox settlement | name = Geleen | image_skyline = Krawinkel, Rijksweg Zuid 222.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = The Krawinkel neighbourhood | image_flag = Flag_of_Geleen.svg | image_shield = Geleen wapen 1889.svg | image_map = | image_map1 = | pushpin_map = Netherlands#Netherlands Limburg | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands | settlement_type = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Netherlands]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Limburg, Netherlands|Limburg]] | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = [[Sittard-Geleen]] | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool |title = Postcodetool for 6061AA |language = nl |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland |date = 24 July 2019 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis |access-date = 25 April 2022 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 32 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | area_footnotes = <ref name="stat"/> | area_total_km2 = 19.64 | established_title = | established_date = | population_footnotes = <ref name="stat">{{cite web |url=https://www.cbs.nl/-/media/_excel/2021/48/kwb-2021.xls |title=Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2021 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> | population_total = 31,245 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code]] | postal_code = 6160-6167<ref name="stat"/> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Dialing code]] | area_code = 046 | blank_name_sec1 = Transport | blank1_name_sec1 = Major roads | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Rijksweg 76|A76]], [[Rijksweg 2|A2]], [[Provinciale weg 276|N276]], [[Provinciale weg 294|N294]] | coordinates = {{Coord|50|58|N|5|50|E|region:NL_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}} }} '''Geleen''' ({{IPA|nl|ɣəˈleːn}}; {{langx|li|Gelaen}} {{IPA|li|ɣəˈlɛːn|}}) is a city in the southern part of the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]] in the [[Netherlands]]. With 31,670 inhabitants in 2020, it is part of the municipality of [[Sittard-Geleen]]. Geleen is situated along the river [[Geleenbeek]], a right tributary to the river [[Meuse]]. The Latin name for Geleenbeek is ''Glana'', meaning "clear river". The town centre is situated at about 60 m above sea level.
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