Maastricht

Maastricht
Maastricht; Mestreech
	Municipality
	View o the Maastricht ceety centre an Vrijthof Square frae the touer o Sint-Jans Church (Sint-Janskerk)
	Banner Coat airms Simplified airms
	Anthem: Mestreechs Volksleed
	Coordinates: 50°51′4.47″N 5°41′26.65″E / 50.8512417°N 5.6907361°E
Kintra	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
COROP	Sooth Limburg
Settled	≈ 500 BC
Ceety richts	1204
Ceety subdiveesions	40 neighbourhuids
Govrenment
• Bodi	Gemeenteraad Maastricht
• Mayor	Onno Hoes (VVD)
Area (2006)
• Total	60.06 km2 (23.19 sq mi)
• Laund	56.80 km2 (21.93 sq mi)
• Water	3.26 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Population (1 Januar 2013)
• Total	121,831
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
• Demonym	(Dutch) Maastrichtenaar;; (Limb.) Mestreechteneer or Sjeng
	Soorce: CBS, Statline.
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code(s)	6200 AA - 6229 ZZ
Area code(s)	043
Website	http://www.maastricht.nl/

Maastricht ([maːˈstʁɪçt] (soothren Dutch an locally) or [maːˈstɾɪxt] ( listen) (northren Dutch); Limburgish (incl. Maastrichtian): Mestreech [məˈstʁeːç]; French: Maestricht (archaic); Spaingie: Mastrique (archaic)) is the caipital ceety o the Dutch province o Limburg. It is located on baith sides o the Meuse river (Dutch: Maas), at the pynt whaur the Jeker River (French: Geer) joins it.

Maastricht developed frae a Roman settlement tae a releegious centre, a garrison ceity an an early industrial ceity.^[1] Nowadays, it is kent as a ceity o history, cultur, local folklore an eddication,^[2] an haes the seicont heichest amoont o naitional heritage steids (Rijksmonumenten) in the Netherlands efter Amsterdam, nummerin 1677. Furthermair, it haes acome kent, bi wye o the Maastricht Treaty, as the birthplace o the European Union, European citizenship, an the single European currency, the euro.^[3]^[4] The toun is popular wi tourists for shoppin an recreation, an haes a lairge growin internaitional student population. Maastricht is a member o the Maist Auncient European Touns Network^[5] an is pairt o the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, which includes nearby ceities Aachen, Eupen, Hasselt, Liège an Tongeren.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Maastricht is twinned wi:

Ither relations

Maist Auncient European Touns Network

References

↑ "Zicht op Maastricht". zichtopmaastricht.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
↑ "VVV Maastricht". Vvv-maastricht.eu. Retrieved 23 Mey 2012.
↑ Sponsored by. "The Economist ''Charlemagne: Return to Maastricht'' Oct 8th 2011". Economist.com. Retrieved 23 Mey 2012.
↑ BBC News Is Brighton the next Maastricht March 29th 2012
↑ MAETN (1999 [last update]). "diktyo". classic-web.archive.org. Archived frae the original on 2005-10-22. Retrieved 19 May 2011. Check date values in: |year= (help)

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[1] "Zicht op Maastricht". zichtopmaastricht.nl. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

[2] "VVV Maastricht". Vvv-maastricht.eu. Retrieved 23 Mey 2012.

[3] Sponsored by. "The Economist ''Charlemagne: Return to Maastricht'' Oct 8th 2011". Economist.com. Retrieved 23 Mey 2012.

[4] BBC News Is Brighton the next Maastricht March 29th 2012

[Members-5] MAETN (1999 [last update]). "diktyo". classic-web.archive.org. Archived frae the original on 2005-10-22. Retrieved 19 May 2011. Check date values in: |year= (help)

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