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Eupen (German: ⓘ, French: ⓘ, Dutch: [ˈøːpə(n)] ⓘ; Ripuarian: Ööpe; Walloon: Neyåw; former French: Néau) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the German border (), from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve ().
However, on 1 January 2001 they were given an administrative function again. The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem , Borgerhout , Deurne , Hoboken , Ekeren , Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium to 589 and was the last reorganization of the municipalities for several decades ...
The most recent inscriptions were the Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front), a transnational site shared with France. The Sonian Forest , part of the 18-country site of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe , is the only natural site in Belgium; the others are cultural ...
The Belgium–Germany border is crossed by two railways, the railway between Liège and Aachen, as well as the railway between Tongeren and Aachen.There are around 20 public roads which cross the border, of them 2 motorways (controlled-access highways), A3/A44/E40 and A27/A60/E42.
It has a surface area of 16,901 km 2 (6,526 sq mi), or 55.1% of Belgium, and is also divided into 5 provinces which contain a total of 262 municipalities. Its capital is Namur . The official languages are French and, only in the nine eastern municipalities that form the German-speaking Community near the German border, German .
The convention of 16 May 1769 put an end to the existence of several enclaves in France and Austrian Netherlands (of which Luxembourg was a part at the time), [5] this convention also formed a new boundary line: "The Ruisseau of Frisange will serve as Limits in this part, from the place where it leaves the Territory of Frisange, as far as that where it enters the Territory of Ganderen, and ...
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The Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen en Baron Caroly, a fine arts museum. The Town hall, rococo architecture, 18th century. The adjoining 14th century belfry, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Belfries of Belgium and France. [16] The Zimmer Tower houses a unique astronomical clock built in the 1930s, by Louis Zimmer.