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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 ().
European route E40 is the longest European route, [1] more than 8,000 kilometres (4,971 miles) long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border with Russia and China.
The Lier beguinage was founded in 1258 and in 1998 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Flemish Béguinages site. [5] The last surviving beguine died in 1994. [6] Beguinage, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the 14th century, Duke Jan II wished to reward the City of Lier for joining his fight against the City of ...
Belgique Belgien Brussels City 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) 11,763,650 383/km 2 (990/sq mi) History. ... as well as parts of modern Germany and France, ...
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 ...
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
It was only in 1651 that the expansion of the fulleries led to Verviers being recognized as one of the prince-bishopric's bonnes villes (main cities). The end of the 18th century was troubled by the French Revolution. The annexation of Liège to France in 1795 caused a steep economic decline and unprecedented poverty.
location of Aachen in the Meuse (Dutch and German: Maas) river system (Wurm→ Rur→ Meuse→ North Sea)Aachen (/ ˈ ɑː k ən / ⓘ AH-kən, German: ⓘ; Aachen dialect: Oche; Dutch: Aken [ˈaːkə(n)] ⓘ; French: Aix-la-Chapelle; [a] Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.