Editing Heerlen (section)

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Short description|City and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->| name               = Heerlen
| native_name        = {{native name|li|Heële|icon=no}}
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]]
| image_skyline      = Heerlen2013, Raadhuis-08.jpg
| image_caption      = View of the town hall
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->| image_map          = Map - NL - Municipality code 0917 (2009).svg
| map_alt            = Highlighted position of Heerlen in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption        = Location in Limburg
| coordinates        = {{coord|50|53|N|5|59|E|region:NL-LI|display=inline,title}}
| image_flag         = Heerlen vlag officieel.svg
| flag_size          = 100x67px
| image_shield       = Heerlen wapen.svg
| shield_size        = 100x80px
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.heerlen.nl/pauldepla 
 |title=Burgemeester Paul Depla 
 |trans-title=Mayor Paul Depla 
 |language=nl 
 |publisher=Gemeente Heerlen 
 |access-date=12 October 2022 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013185344/http://www.heerlen.nl/pauldepla 
 |archive-date=13 October 2013 }}</ref>
| governing_body     = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = [[VVD]]
| leader_title       = Acting [[List of mayors of Heerlen|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Roel Wever]]
<!-- Geographic information -->| total_type         = Municipality<!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows -->
| unit_pref          = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->| area_footnotes     = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->| area_total_km2     = {{Dutch municipality total area|Heerlen}}
| area_land_km2      = {{Dutch municipality land area|Heerlen}}
| area_water_km2     = {{Dutch municipality water area|Heerlen}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |title=Postcodetool for 6411HP 
 |language=nl 
 |work=Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland 
 |publisher=Het Waterschapshuis 
 |access-date=12 October 2022 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool 
 |archive-date=21 September 2013 }}</ref>
| elevation_m        = 113
| elevation_max_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_max_m    = 
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m    = <!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref><ref>{{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total   = 86874
| population_as_of   = Municipality, {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}}}; Urban and Metro, {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|popbasemonth}}}} {{YEAR|{{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|popbaseyear}}}}
| population_density_km2 = {{Dutch municipality population density|Heerlen}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_urban   = {{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|Heerlen Urban}}
| population_metro   = {{Dutch municipality population urbanmetro|Heerlen Metro}}
| population_demonym = Heerlenaar
<!-- Other information -->| timezone1          = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1        = +1
| timezone1_DST      = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code        = 6400–6433
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code          = 045
| website            = {{URL|1=http://www.heerlen.nl}}
| footnotes          = 
| official_name      = 
}}

'''Heerlen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦeːrlə(n)|-|135 Heerlen.ogg}}; {{langx|li|Heële}} {{IPA|li|ˈɦeə˦lə|}}) is a [[city]] and a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] in the southeast of the [[Netherlands]]. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. Measured as municipality, it is the fourth municipality in the province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]].

Heerlen forms part of the city-region of [[Parkstad Limburg]], an agglomeration with about 250,000 inhabitants and encompassing 8 municipalities. It is to the east of [[Maastricht]] and north of the German city of [[Aachen]].

After its early Roman beginnings and a modest medieval period, Heerlen became a centre for the coal mining industry in the Netherlands in the late 19th century. In the 20th century, architect [[Frits Peutz]] played a major role in shaping the city as we know it today. His most famous design, and a distinctive building in the city centre, is the so-called [[Glaspaleis]] (''Glass Palace''), listed as one of the world's thousand most architecturally important buildings of the 20th century.