Limburg Province (Belgium)
Limburg Limburg ( Dutch ) Limbourg ( French ) |
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Country: | Belgium |
Region : | Flanders |
Capital: | Hasselt |
Area : | 2,422 km² |
Residents | 874,048 (Jan 1, 2019) |
Population density | 361 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 2,422 km² |
Municipalities : | 42 |
Website: | www.limburg.be |
NIS code | 70000 |
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Governor: | Herman Reynders |
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Limburg ( Flanders region in Belgium . The capital is Hasselt .
), also referred to as Belgian Limburg , is the easternmost province of thegeography
The province of Limburg lies mainly west of the Meuse . In the area of the Maasplassen it borders on the Dutch province of Limburg , to which it belonged until the creation of Belgium in 1830, and on the Belgian provinces of Liège , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp . Its area is 2422 km².
As a result of reclassification in 1963, the area of today's municipality of Voeren is located as an exclave (south) east of the Belgian province of Limburg between the Dutch province of Limburg and the Belgian province of Liège, to which it belonged until then.
Districts
The province of Limburg is divided into three districts. These are in French as arrondissements , in Dutch as arrondissementen referred. Sometimes the term arrondissement is also used in German, although district is the official term.
district | Communities | Residents January 1, 2019 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
NIS code |
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Hasselt | 17th | 418.496 | 881.17 | 475 | 71000 |
Maaseik | 12 | 251,589 | 909.41 | 277 | 72000 |
Tongeren | 13 | 203.963 | 631.57 | 323 | 73000 |
Limburg Province | 42 | 874.048 | 2,422.15 | 361 | 70000 |
Communities
Since January 1, 2019, the Limburg Province has consisted of 42 municipalities (population on January 1, 2019). The numbering of the municipalities corresponds to that of the map in the infobox.
- Alkene (11,499)
- As (8.202)
- Beringen (46,346)
- Bilzen (32,328)
- Bocholt (13,110)
- Borgloon (10,906)
- Bree (16,085)
- Diepenbeek (19,031)
- Dilsen-Stokkem (20,590)
- Genk (66,227)
- Gingeloma (8,405)
- Halen (9,427)
- Ham (10,897)
- Hamont-Achel (14,369)
- Hasselt (78,296)
- Hechtel-Eksel (12,419)
- Army (7,391)
- Herk-de-Stad (12,636)
- Herstappe (83)
- Heusden-Zolder (33,708)
- Hoeselt (9,688)
- Houthalen-Helchteren (30,655)
- Kinrooi (12,174)
- Kortessem (8,442)
- Lanaken (25,841)
- Leopoldsburg (15,755)
- Lommel (34,079)
- Lummen (14,890)
- Maaseik (25,317)
- Maasmechelen (38,516)
- Nieuwerkerken (6,947)
- Oudsbergen (23,423)
- Peer (16,357)
- Pelt (32,652)
- Riemst (16,755)
- Sint-Truiden (40,590)
- Tessenderlo (18,613)
- Tongeren (30,996)
- Voeren (4,146)
- Waves (7,372)
- Zonhoven (21,237)
- Zutendaal (7,289)
coat of arms
In the silver field a red, gold-crowned, gold-tongued and gold-armored double-tailed lion . On the chest a gold shield with five red bars . The shield is accompanied by an oak branch with fruit on either side.
The prince's hat rests on the shield . Heraldic holders are a stag on the right and a swan on the other side . The lion in the coat of arms is also known as the Limburg lion .
economy
In comparison with the gross domestic product of the European Union expressed in purchasing power standards , the province achieved an index of 99 (EU-25: 100) in 2015, significantly lower than the Belgian average of 119. In 2017 the unemployment rate was 4.1%.
Language / special features
Limburgish is still spoken at least in part in both the Belgian and Dutch provinces of Limburg .
Culinary
Limburger is a cheese originally from the old Duchy of Limburg and not - as is often mistakenly assumed - from the Hessian city of Limburg an der Lahn . Today, production for the European market takes place at any location due to the lack of trademark protection.
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Phil Bosmans (1922–2012), Catholic clergyman , writer and pastor
- Willy Claes (* 1938), politician
- Robert Cailliau (* 1947), computer scientist
- Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (1794–1874), politician
- Kim Clijsters (born 1983), tennis player
- Eric Gerets (* 1954), soccer player and coach
- Alfred Polycarp von Hompesch (1826–1909), politician
- Karel Lismont (* 1949), athlete
- Jacky Martens (* 1963), ex-world champion in motocross
- Eric Vanderaerden (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Max Verstappen (* 1997), Dutch racing driver
- Kate Ryan (born 1980), singer
- Axelle Red (* 1968), singer
Web links
- Illustration by Daniel Meisner from 1624: Ly`mbúrg; Tandem Lux Clara Refulget ( digital copy )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ute K. Boonen: The Middle Dutch document language in private documents of the 13th and 14th centuries (= Netherlands Studies . Volume 47 ). Waxmann, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-8309-2330-5 , pp. 204 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ René Jongen: Theory formation of the structural dialectology . In: Gerold Ungerheuer, Herbert Ernst Wiegand (Hrsg.): Dialektologie: A handbook for German and general dialect research (= handbooks for language and communication studies . Volume 1.1 ). De Gruyter, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-11-005977-0 , p. 272 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
- ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .