Meuse-Rhine Euroregion

Meuse-Rhine Euroregion
Meuse-Rhine Euregion
Type Euroregion
Membership Aachen, Province of Liège, Belgian Limburg, Southern Dutch Limburg
Establishment 1976
Area
 -  Total 11,000 km2 
4,247 sq mi 
Population
 -   estimate 3,900,000 
Map of the Meuse-Rhine Euregion with the Region of Aachen shown in red, the southern part of Dutch Limburg in blue, Belgian Limburg in lightgreen, the Province of Liège in mid-green and the German-speaking Community of Belgium in dark-green

The Meuse-Rhine Euregion (Dutch: Euregio Maas-Rijn, French: Eurorégion Meuse-Rhin, German: Euregio Maas-Rhein, Limburgish: Euregio Maas-Rien) is a Euroregion created in 1976, with judicial status achieved in 1991. It comprises 11.000 km² and has around 3.9 million inhabitants around the city-corridor of Aachen-Maastricht-Hasselt-Liège. The seat of the region has been in Eupen, Belgium since 1 January 2007. Within a wider context, the region is part of what is called the Blue Banana European urbanisation corridor.

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Governmental areas

The Meuse-Rhine Euregion politically comprises:

Languages

The official languages of the three countries involved in the Euregion are Dutch (in Belgium and the Netherlands), French (in Belgium) and German (in Belgium and Germany). Regional languages are also spoken namely Limburgish (which is recognised as a regional language in Dutch Limburg), Ripuarian and Walloon. The intra-cultural aspect of the Limburgish and Ripuarian is that they are spoken on both sides of the border. Limburgish, although only recognised as such in The Netherlands, is also spoken in Belgian Limburg and North Rhine-Westphalia. Ripuarian is also spoken on both sides of the Dutch/German-border, but with the extra trait of having the same variant spoken on both sides of the border.

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