Euregio Rhine-Maas-North
The Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord ( Dutch Euregio Rijn-Maas Noord ) is a European region in the German - Dutch border area on the Rhine and Maas . The region was founded in 1978 as a voluntary working group, since 2004 it has been a public-law special purpose association under German law. In the north, the Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord borders on the Euregio Rhine-Waal , with which it partially overlaps (in the Kleve district). In the south it borders on the Euregio Meuse-Rhine with the Aachen-Maastricht-Liège area.
Around 1.8 million people live in the Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord. With an area of around 3400 square kilometers, it is the most densely populated Euregio on the German-Dutch border. The largest cities in the Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord are Mönchengladbach with around 266,000 inhabitants, Krefeld with around 242,000 inhabitants, Neuss with around 152,000 inhabitants and Viersen with around 76,000 inhabitants. The largest Dutch municipalities in the working area are Venlo with around 100,000 inhabitants, Weert and Roermond with around 50,000 inhabitants each.
Work area
Members of the Euregio Rhine-Maas-Nord are:
- the southern part of the district of Kleve
- the cities of Straelen and Geldern
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District of Viersen
- Nettetal and the communities of Brüggen, Niederkrüchten and Schwalmtal
- Rhine district of Neuss
- City of Krefeld
- City of Mönchengladbach
- Dusseldorf
- Wassenberg , Wegberg and Selfkant
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry Middle Lower Rhine
- Lower Rhine Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Duisburg
- the northern and central part of the Dutch province of Limburg
Members
Currently (March 2020) the Euregio Rhein-Maas-Nord has 31 members: Dutch municipalities in North and Central Limburg and German cities, municipalities, districts and chambers of industry and commerce.
German members:
- The municipalities of Brüggen , Niederkrüchten , Schwalmtal and the city of Nettetal (all in the district of Viersen )
- the cities of Straelen and Geldern from the southern district of Kleve
- the Rhine district of Neuss , the district of Viersen and the southern part of the district of Kleve (Wachtendonk, Straelen, Weeze, Kerken, Rheurdt, Issum, Geldern and Kevelaer) (called: Südkreis Kleve )
- the city of Wassenberg in the Heinsberg district
- the independent cities of Krefeld and Mönchengladbach
- the Chambers of Commerce and Industry IHK Middle Lower Rhine and "Niederrheinische IHK" in Duisburg
Dutch members:
- The municipalities of Beesel , Bergen , Echt-Susteren , Gennep , Horst aan de Maas , Leudal , Maasgouw , Peel en Maas , Roerdalen , Roermond , Venlo , Venray and Weert from North and Central Limburg (Netherlands) .
- the MKB Limburg (an association of about 1300 medium and small businesses)
Fields of work
The fields of activity of the Euregio Rhein-Maas-Nord include economy, labor market, infrastructure and transport, but also public safety, social-cultural networks, language and culture, environment and nature as well as tourism. For example, for German-Dutch cooperation in these areas, funding can be applied for through the INTERREG program of the European Union . Another important task of the Euregio is advising cross-border commuters in a monthly citizen consultation hour. The tourism project 2-Land was founded in 2003 to improve marketing for excursion and holiday traffic .
See also
Web links
- European Region website (German, Dutch)
- INTERREG IV A Deutschland-Nederland (German, Dutch, English)