title: Maarssen
text: # Maarssen
  
  Maarssen (Dutch pronunciation: (listen)) is a town in the middle of the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal. The west of Maarssen is called Maarssen-Broek whereas the east is called Maarssen-Dorp. Both put together and joined by other small towns around provide the area of Maarssen.
  
  On 1 January 2011 Maarssen merged with the councils of Breukelen and Loenen to become Stichtse Vecht.
  
  ## Population centres
  
  The former municipality of Maarssen consisted of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts:
  
  * Maarssen (colloquially "Maarssen-dorp") and Maarssen-Broek
  * Maarssenbroek
  * Maarsseveen
  * Molenpolder
  * Oud-Maarsseveen
  * Oud-Zuilen
  * Tienhoven
  
  ## Transportation
  
  * Maarssen railway station
  