Limburg (Netherlands)
province of the Netherlands
Limburg is the southernmost province of the Netherlands. Its capital is Maastricht. About 1,116,000 people are living in Limburg (2021).
Limburg
Limburg / Limbörg / Lèmburg | |
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.jpg) Däölkesberg (municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul) | |
.svg) Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Anthem: "Limburg mijn Vaderland" "Limburg My Fatherland" | |
  Location of Limburg in the Netherlands | |
 Map of Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 51°13′N 5°56′E / 51.217°N 5.933°ECoordinates: 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) |
| Area (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,210 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,148 km2 (829 sq mi) |
| • Water | 62 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 11th |
| Highest elevation | 323 m (1,060 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (1 November 2019)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,118,223 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 521/km2 (1,350/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 5th |
| ISO 3166 code | NL-LI |
| Religion (2003) | Roman Catholic 78% Protestant 2% Others 5% Non-religious 15% |
| HDI (2018) | 0.915[4] very high · 8th |
| Website | www.limburg.nl |
- Other meanings are at Limburg
It is the only province in the Netherlands which has hills. It is a very old province; the capital city, Maastricht, is over 2000 years old. The Limburgish people do speak Dutch, but they also speak their own dialects called Limburgish. These dialects - especially the ones in the South of Limburg, the normal Dutch people find difficult to understand. These dialects have many influences from German and French. The Limburgish are renowned for their famous vlaai.
Limburg got its status as a Dutch Province in 1867
Limburger cheese comes from this region.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Limburg is the only province in the Netherlands that informally calls the King's Commissioner a Governor.
- ↑ "Oppervlakte".
- ↑ "CBS Statline". opendata.cbs.nl.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
