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Limbourg (French pronunciation: ⓘ; German and Dutch: Limburg; Walloon: Limbôr) or Limbourg-sur-Vesdre [2] is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On 1 January 2008, Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 24.63 km 2 which gives a population density of 231 inhabitants per km 2.
Belgium comprises 581 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten; French: communes; German: Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Region, which is not divided in provinces. In most cases, the municipalities are the smallest ...
City Arrondissement Province Population (1/1/2017) Year of the Royal Order Communal Charter; Aalst (Alost): Aalst East Flanders 84,859: 1825: 1174 Aarschot (fr: Aerschot): Leuven Flemish Brabant
Historically Belgian Limburg is roughly equivalent to the Dutch-speaking part of the secular lordship of the medieval Prince-Bishopric of Liège, which was dominated by the County of Loon. The province of Limburg has an area of 2,427 km 2 (937 sq mi) which comprises three arrondissements (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 44 municipalities.
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At the creation of Belgium in 1831, there were 2,739 municipalities in the country, which had fallen to 2,663 municipalities by 1961. Following a series of decisions and actions, carried out in 1975, 1983 and 2019, the fusion of the Belgian municipalities reduced the national total to 581 municipalities.
Bocholt (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; Limburgish: Bóggetj [ˈboɣətʃ]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2021, Bocholt had a total population of 13,144. The total area is 59.34 km 2 which gives a population density of 208 inhabitants per km 2. [2]
The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Belgium for statistical purposes. [1] The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. [2] The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds.