Limburg Province (Belgium)

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Limburg
Limburg ( Dutch )
Limbourg ( French )
Flag of the Limburg Province
Coat of arms of the Limburg province
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
politics
Governor: Herman Reynders
Location of the province in Belgium
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42 municipalities in the province
Municipalities in the Province of Limburg

Limburg ( listen ? / I ), also referred to as Belgian Limburg , is the easternmost province of the Flanders region in Belgium . The capital is Hasselt . Audio file / audio sample

geography

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
Hasselt 17th 000000000418496.0000000000418.496 881.17 000000000000475.0000000000475 71000
Maaseik 12 000000000251589.0000000000251,589 909.41 000000000000277.0000000000277 72000
Tongeren 13 000000000203963.0000000000203.963 631.57 000000000000323.0000000000323 73000
Limburg Province 42 000000000874048.0000000000874.048 2,422.15 000000000000361.0000000000361 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.

  1. Alkene (11,499)
  2. As (8.202)
  3. Beringen (46,346)
  4. Bilzen (32,328)
  5. Bocholt (13,110)
  6. Borgloon (10,906)
  7. Bree (16,085)
  8. Diepenbeek (19,031)
  9. Dilsen-Stokkem (20,590)
  10. Genk (66,227)
  11. Gingeloma (8,405)
  12. Halen (9,427)
  13. Ham (10,897)
  14. Hamont-Achel (14,369)
  15. Hasselt (78,296)
  16. Hechtel-Eksel (12,419)
  17. Army (7,391)
  18. Herk-de-Stad (12,636)
  19. Herstappe (83)
  20. Heusden-Zolder (33,708)
  21. Hoeselt (9,688)
  22. Houthalen-Helchteren (30,655)
  23. Kinrooi (12,174)
  24. Kortessem (8,442)
  25. Lanaken (25,841)
  26. Leopoldsburg (15,755)
  27. Lommel (34,079)
  28. Lummen (14,890)
  29. Maaseik (25,317)
  30. Maasmechelen (38,516)
  31. Nieuwerkerken (6,947)
  32. Oudsbergen (23,423)
  33. Peer (16,357)
  34. Pelt (32,652)
  35. Riemst (16,755)
  36. Sint-Truiden (40,590)
  37. Tessenderlo (18,613)
  38. Tongeren (30,996)
  39. Voeren (4,146)
  40. Waves (7,372)
  41. Zonhoven (21,237)
  42. 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

Web links

Commons : Province of Limburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. Mouvement de la population par commune depuis 1992 (XLSX; 2.56 MB)
  4. Eurostat. Retrieved April 27, 2018 .
  5. Unemployment rate, by NUTS 2 regions. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .