Eijsden
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coat of arms |
province | Limburg |
local community | Eijsden-Margraten |
Area - land - water |
20.76 km 2 19.76 km 2 1 km 2 |
Residents | 11,565 (Dec. 31, 2010) |
Coordinates | 50 ° 47 ' N , 5 ° 43' E |
Important traffic route | |
prefix | 043 |
Postcodes | 6245, 6247 |
Eijsden ( Dutch municipality in the province of Limburg . On January 1, 2011, Eijsden was merged with Margraten to form the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten . According to the CBS, the town of the same name had 4,330 inhabitants on January 1, 2018 .
) is a formerplaces
- Eijsden, where the administrative center of the municipality is located (including Breust 4,330 inhabitants)
- Breust
- Gronsveld (east of the A2 ; 2,330 inhabitants); until 1982 an independent municipality, which also included Rijckholt.
- Mariadorp-Poelveld (2,905 inhabitants)
- Mesch and Withuis (545 inhabitants in total)
- Oost-Maarland (north of Eijsden; 930 inhabitants)
- Rijckholt (east of the A2; 640 inhabitants)
- Caestert.
Location and economy
Eijsden is located on the Maas in the extreme south of the Limburg province, between Maastricht and the Belgian towns of Visé and Voeren . The stream Voer flows into the Meuse in Eijsden.
The A2 Maastricht – Liège motorway crosses the municipality. Eijsden has a train station on the Maastricht – Liège railway line. There are hourly S-Bahn trains of the S43 ( S-Bahn Liège ) on the Maastricht - Visé - Liège-Guillemins (- Tongeren - Hasselt) route. This traffic is operated by the Belgian railways SNCB / NMBS .
A lot of commuters who work in Maastricht live in Eijsden. Agriculture, fruit growing, horticulture and tourism are also of economic importance. The chemical factory in Eijsden, which produces zinc oxide from rock available on site , is controversial because of its environmental pollution.
Attractions
- The prehistoric flint mine in Rijckholt near Gronsveld
- The Savelsbos nature reserve near Gronsveld
- The Castle Eijsden (the park can be visited; Built in 1636 castle is inhabited by a noble family and can only every two years, one day be visited)
- The Gronsveld Castle
- The Rijckholt Castle
- Terraces and beautiful houses on the Eijsden market square
- The Corpus Christi procession Bronk
- The marinas on the Meuse
- There are many opportunities for cycling and hiking trips in the municipality, including to neighboring Belgium.
politics
Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Until the dissolution of the municipality, the following distribution of seats resulted from 1981:
Political party | Seats | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1981 a | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | |
Partij Groot Eijsden | - | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th |
CDA | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th |
PvdA | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
VVD | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Lijst Waterval b | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Spronck | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Houten b | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lijst Inden | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 15th |
Personalities
- Eugène Dubois (1858–1940), anthropologist and geologist
- Jo Bonfrere (* 1946), football player and coach
- Jo Maas (* 1954), cyclist ; Stage winner and 7th in the final classification of the Tour de France in 1979
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2018 Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)
- ↑ Allocation of seats in the municipal council: 1981–2002 2006 , accessed on July 28, 2018 (Dutch)