Brunssum

Geschiedenis

Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973.The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of.Population centres Brunssum Bouwberg De Kling or Onder-Merkelbeek Langeberg Rumpen Treebeek Kruisberg HaansbergNATO headquartersBrunssum is the current home of Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFC Brunssum), a NATO headquarters one level below SHAPE in the integrated military command structure. The headquarters was known as Headquarters, Allied Forces Central Europe (HQ AFCENT) from its inception in Fontainebleau, France and relocation to Brunssum in 1967. The name was changed to Regional Headquarters, Allied Forces Northern Europe (RHQ AFNORTH) when a restructuring in 2000 led to the closing of HQ AFNORTH in Kolsås, Norway. The current title was adopted in 2004 to add flexibility to the military command structure by removing regional restrictions. The main base area, Hendrik Camp, was built on a former coal mine called Hendrik Mine.