About the town » Stein, Gemeente Stein, Limburg, Netherlands

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Stein is a municipality and a city in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality has 25,660 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2010) and covers an area of 22.77 square km (of which 1.42 square km are water). On October 29 2009, the shopping mall of Stein suffered a severe fire. As a result of the calamity, the city subsequently lost 40 shops, 2 banks, 1 restaurant and 6 houses. The adjacent, iconic, 11-story apartment building 'De Stevel', remained intact.