Panningen
village in Peel en Maas, Netherlands
Panningen (Dutch: [ˈpɑnɪŋə(n)]; Limburgish: Kepèl) is a Dutch town with a population of 7,618 inhabitants (2020) and is the biggest settlement of the municipality Peel en Maas. It is centrally located between the cities of Roermond, Weert and Venlo in the north of the Dutch province Limburg. Before the 2010 municipal redivision, when Panningen became a part of the newly formed municipality of Peel en Maas, it was part of Helden. Together with Helden, Panningen forms a double core, the double core Helden-Panningen has 13,863 inhabitants (2020). Its nearest city, Venlo, lies about 13 km eastwards.
The built-up area of the town is 3.38 km², and contains 4,523 residences.
Sports
The local handball team Bevo HC has won the Dutch Championship once, in 2014.
Education
Bouwens van der Boijecollege is a public highschool in this town.
The public source identifies “Panningen” as village in Peel en Maas, Netherlands. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Panningen, village and Peel.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3019356. Authority coordinates are 51.328, 5.982. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 2010 and 2014.
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This entry incorporates text from “Panningen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.