Back Limburg, Nederland AF Limburgo (Países Baixos) AN لمبرخ (هولندا) Arabic ليمبورج ARZ Limburg (Welanda) BAN Лімбург (правінцыя, Нідэрланды) BE Лімбург (Нідэрлянды) BE-X-OLD Лимбург (Нидерландия) Bulgarian Limburg (Izelvroioù) BR Limburg (Països Baixos) Catalan
Province of Limburg
Provincie Limburg (Dutch) | |
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&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Limburg-nl-wapen.svg) Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Limburg mijn Vaderland" "Limburg My Fatherland" | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Limburg_in_the_Netherlands.svg) Location of Limburg in the Netherlands | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Prov-Limburg-OpenTopo.jpg) Topography map of Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′N 5°56′E / 51.217°N 5.933°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Inclusion | 1867 |
| Capital (and largest city) | Maastricht |
| Government | |
| • King's Commissioner[1] | Emile Roemer (SP) |
| • Council | Provincial Council of Limburg |
| Area (2023)[2] | |
• Total | 2,210 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,145 km2 (828 sq mi) |
| • Water | 65 km2 (25 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 11th |
| Population (1 January 2023)[3] | |
• Total | 1,128,367 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 526/km2 (1,360/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €49.119 billion |
| • Per capita | €44,000 |
| ISO 3166 code | NL-LI |
| Religion (2003) | Roman Catholic 78% Protestant 2% Others 5% Non-religious 15% |
| HDI (2021) | 0.927[5] very high · 7th |
| Website | www.limburg.nl |
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Limburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɪmbʏr(ə)x] , Limburgish: [ˈlɪm˦ˌbʏʀ˦əx]), also known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Gelderland to the north and by North Brabant to its west. Its long eastern boundary forms the international border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. To the west is the international border with the similarly named Belgian province of Limburg, part of which is delineated by the river Meuse. To the south, Limburg is bordered by the Belgian province of Liège. The Vaalserberg is on the extreme southeastern point, marking the tripoint of the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
Limburg had a population of about 1,128,000[3] as of January 2023. Its main municipalities are the provincial capital Maastricht (population 120,837 as of January 2022),[6] Venlo (population 102,176) in the northeast, as well as Sittard-Geleen (population 91,760, bordering both Belgium and Germany) and Heerlen (population 86,874) in the south. More than half of the population, approximately 650,000 people, live in the south of Limburg, which corresponds to roughly one-third of the province's area proper. In South Limburg, most people live in the urban agglomerations of Maastricht, Parkstad and Sittard-Geleen.
- ^ Limburg is the only province in the Netherlands that informally calls the King's Commissioner a Governor.
- ^ Statistieken provincie Limburg - Gegevens over meer dan 100 onderwerpen! Archived 2024-02-25 at the Wayback Machine, AlleCijfers.nl
- ^ a b "CBS StatLine". opendata.cbs.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat". Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ^ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2020-01-09.