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  Flag Image:Vlaams-limburgpng
  Coatofarms Image:Limburg (Belgium) coagif
  Capital Hasselt
  Governor Steve Stevaert
  Area 2,414
  Population As Of (2004)
  Population 805786
  Populationdensity 333
  Map
  Officialsite http://wwwlimburgbe/


This article deals with a province in Belgium. For other uses of Limburg, see:


Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders (which is one of the three regions of Belgium ), and is located west of the Maas river. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Liège , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp . Its capital is Hasselt . It has an area of 2,414 km&2 which is divided into three Arrondissement s (''arrondissementen'' in Dutch ) containing 44 municipalities. As in all Flemish provinces, the official language is Dutch .


GEOGRAPHY


Belgian Limburg is crossed by the Albert Canal , and has historically been a major Coal -mining area.


HISTORY


Limburg 's name derives from the fortified castle town known as Limbourg , situated on the river Vesdre in the Ardennes , now in the Walloon Province of Liège . It was the seat of the medieval Duchy Of Limburg which extended into the Meuse region north of the city of Liège . However, most the area of the current Dutch Limburg was not part of this polity but was divided among several states including the Duchy Of Brabant , the Duchy Of Jülich , and the Bishopric Of Liège , as well as the Duchy of Limburg. A result of this division is still evident in the plethora of distinct varieties of the Limburgish Language spoken in Limburg municipalities.

Following the Napoleonic Era , the great powers ( United Kingdom , Prussia , Austrian Empire , Russian Empire , and France ) united the region with the new United Kingdom Of The Netherlands in 1815. A new province was formed and was to receive the name " Maastricht ," after its capital. The first king, William I , who did not want the name Limburg to be lost, insisted that the name be changed to " Limburg ." As such, the name of the new province derived from the old Duchy Of Limburg that had existed until 1648 within the triangle of Maastricht , Liège , and Aachen .

When the Catholic South, both the Dutch and French speaking bits, split away from the mainly Calvinist , Dutch North in the Belgian Revolution of 1830, the province of Limburg was at first almost entirely under Belgian rule. In 1839 Limburg was split into so-called ''Dutch'' Limburg and ''Belgian'' Limburg, though it became Flemish when all provinces in Belgium came under control of Institutional Regions .

In 't Bronsgroen Eikenhout is the official Anthem of both Belgian and Dutch Limburg.


ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS



Arrondissement Hasselt :

  2. As

  3. Beringen

  8. Diepenbeek

10. Genk

11. Gingelom

12. Halen

13. Ham

15. Hasselt

18. Herk-de-Stad

20. Heusden-Zolder

26. Leopoldsburg

28. Lummen

33. Nieuwerkerken

34. Opglabbeek

38. Sint-Truiden

39. Tessenderlo

43. Zonhoven

44. Zutendaal

Arrondissement Maaseik :

  5. Bocholt

  7. Bree

  9. Dilsen-Stokkem

14. Hamont-Achel

16. Hechtel-Eksel

22. Houthalen-Helchteren

23. Kinrooi

27. Lommel

29. Maaseik

31. Meeuwen-Gruitrode

32. Neerpelt

35. Overpelt

36. Peer

Arrondissement Tongeren :

  1. Alken

  4. Bilzen

  6. Borgloon

17. Heers

19. Herstappe

21. Hoeselt

24. Kortessem

25. Lanaken

30. Maasmechelen

37. Riemst

40. Tongeren

41. Voeren

42. Wellen


Not to be confused with, though related to, the Netherlands ' province of Limburg .


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