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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. Among these municipalities are the current capital Hasselt, Sint-Truiden, Genk, and Tongeren, which is the only Roman city in the province, and regarded as the oldest city of Belgium.
Limbourg ( French pronunciation: [lɛ̃buʁ] ⓘ; 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 ...
The Belgian province of Limburg in Flanders ( Dutch speaking Belgium) is a region which has had many names and border changes over its long recorded history. Its modern name is a name shared with the neighbouring province of the Netherlands, with which it was for a while politically united (under French and then Dutch rule from 1794 until 1839 ...
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.
Hasselt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑsəlt] ⓘ) is a Belgian city and municipality.It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region.. As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846.
Maaseik ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːsɛi̯k]; Limburgish: Mezeik) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg. Both in size (close to 77 km 2) and in population (approx. 25,000 inhabitants, of whom some 3,000 non-Belgian), it is the 8th largest municipality in Limburg. The town is the seat of the administrative ...
www.borgloon.be. Borgloon ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔr (ə)xˌloːn] ⓘ; French: Looz, French pronunciation: [lo]; Limburgish: Loeën) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Borgloon had a total population of 10,697. The total area is 51.12 km 2 (19.74 sq mi) which gives a population ...
Limburg ( Dutch: Provincie Limburg, French: Province de Limbourg) was one of the provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium. The province existed for the duration of the United Kingdom, from 1815 to 1830, and for the first years after Belgian independence, from 1830 to 1839. When King William I signed the Treaty of ...