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This article gives a list of current and former municipalities of the Dutch province of Limburg. Limburg has 33 municipalities. Limburg has 33 municipalities. Position of Limburg within the Netherlands.
Limburg's name derives from the Belgian fortified town of the same name, Limbourg-sur-Vesdre, now in the nearby Liège Province, immediately south of Limburg. The name of Limbourg-sur-Vesdre was important to the region because it had been the seat of the medieval Duchy of Limburg. There are several proposals concerning the etymology of Limbourg.
This is a list of towns in the Dutch province of Limburg. Note that in the Netherlands, there is no official distinction between cities, towns, villages, etc., and therefore this category contains all of these kinds of settlements, from the city of Maastricht (population: about 120,000) to the smallest hamlets.
South Limburg (Dutch: Zuid-Limburg, Limburgish: Zuud-Limburg) is both a COROP (statistical) region as well as a landstreek (area) of the Netherlands located in the province of Limburg. The Dutch term landstreek , literally translated "land area/region", means that the area is not an administrative region but an area that displays cohesion with ...
When discussing cities, the distinction is sometimes made between the cities in two urban networks. The largest urban network is known as Randstad, including the largest four cities in the Netherlands: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Of these, 3 have historic city rights: Utrecht from 1122; Amsterdam from 1306; and Rotterdam from 1340.
Normandy (French: Normandie; Norman: Normaundie or Nouormandie) [note 2] is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands ).
Vaals (Dutch: ⓘ; Vaals dialect: Vols) [tone?] is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, itself in the southeast of the Netherlands. The municipality covers an area of 23.90 km 2 (9.23 sq mi).It is situated in the western foothills of the Ardennes – Eifelrange and lies some 23 km (14 mi) east of Maastricht ...