See soorce fer Maastricht

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name           = Maastricht
| native_name             = ''Mestreech''
| image_skyline           = Maastricht, panorama view from Sint-Janskerk.jpg
| imagesize               = 280px
| image_caption           = View o the Maastricht ceety centre an Vrijthof Square frae the touer o Sint-Jans Church (''Sint-Janskerk'')
| image_flag              = Flag of Maastricht.svg
| flag_size               = 120x100px
| image_shield            = Maastricht wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 120x100px
| image_blank_emblem      = Blason ville nl Maastricht(Limburg).svg
| blank_emblem_type       = Simplified airms
| blank_emblem_size       = 100x80px
| anthem = ''[[Maastricht#Local anthem|Mestreechs Volksleed]]''
|image_map = LocatieMaastricht.png
|mapsize = 250px
|subdivision_type = [[Leet o sovereign states|Kintra]]
|subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Netherlands]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces o the Netherlands|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[File:Flag of Limburg (Netherlands).svg|25px]] [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[COROP]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Sooth Limburg]]
|parts_type             = Ceety subdiveesions
|parts                  = 40 neighbourhuids
|governing_body         = Gemeenteraad Maastricht
|leader_party           = [[Fowk's Pairty for Freedom an Democracy|VVD]]
|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = [[Onno Hoes]]
|established_title      = Settled
|established_date       = ≈ [[509–500 BC|500 BC]]
|established_title2     = Ceety richts
|established_date2      = 1204
|area_footnotes         = (2006)
|area_total_km2         = 60.06
|area_land_km2          = 56.80
|area_water_km2         = 3.26
|population_as_of       = 1 Januar 2013
|population_note        = Soorce: [[Statistics Netherlands|CBS]], [http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37230NED&D1=0-17&D2=374&D3=130-139&VW=T Statline].
|settlement_type        = Municipality
|population_total       = 121,831 
|population_density_km2 = auto
| population_blank1_title = [[Demonym]]
| population_blank1       = ([[Dutch leid|Dutch]]) Maastrichtenaar;<br> ([[Maastrichtian dialect|Limb.]]) Mestreechteneer or Sjeng
|timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset               = +1
|timezone_DST             = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST           = +2
|postal_code_type         = [[Leet o postal codes in the Netherlands|Postal code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 6200 AA - 6229 ZZ
|area_code_type           =
|area_code                = 043
|twin1                    = [[Liège]]
|twin1_kintra             = [[Belgium]]
|twin2                    = [[Koblenz]]
|twin2_kintra             = [[Germany]]
|twin3                    = [[El Rama]]
|twin3_kintra             = [[Nicaragua]]
|twin4                    = [[Chengdu]]
|twin4_kintra             = [[Cheenae]]
|website                  = http://www.maastricht.nl/
|coordinates            = {{coord|50|51|4.47|N|5|41|26.65|E|region:NL|display=inline}}
}}

'''Maastricht''' ({{IPA-nl|maːˈstʁɪçt|}} {{small|(soothren Dutch an locally)}} [[Hard an saft G in Dutch|or]] {{IPA-nl|maːˈstɾɪxt||145 Maastricht.ogg}} {{small|(northren Dutch)}}; [[Limburgish leid|Limburgish]] {{small|(incl. [[Maastrichtian dialect|Maastrichtian]])}}: ''Mestreech'' {{IPA-dedia|məˈstʁeːç|}}; [[French leid|French]]: ''Maestricht'' {{small|(archaic)}}; [[Spaingie leid|Spaingie]]: ''Mastrique'' {{small|(archaic)}}) is the [[caipital ceety]] o the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] province o [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]. It is located on baith sides o the [[Meuse River|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zichtopmaastricht.nl|title=Zicht op Maastricht|publisher=zichtopmaastricht.nl |date= |accessdate=2012-08-19}}</ref> Nowadays, it is kent as a ceity o history, cultur, local folklore an eddication,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vvv-maastricht.eu |title=VVV Maastricht |publisher=Vvv-maastricht.eu |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref> an haes the seicont heichest amoont o naitional heritage steids (''[[Rijksmonument]]en'') 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]], [[Citizenship o the European Union|European citizenship]], an the single European currency, the [[euro]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Sponsored by |url=http://www.economist.com/node/21531445 |title=The Economist '&#39;Charlemagne: Return to Maastricht'&#39; Oct 8th 2011 |publisher=Economist.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17364817 BBC News ''Is Brighton the next Maastricht'' March 29th 2012]</ref>  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]]<ref name="Members">{{cite web |url=http://www.argos.gr/diktyoe.htm |title=diktyo |first= |last=MAETN |work=classic-web.archive.org |year=1999 [last update] |accessdate=19 May 2011 |archive-date=2005-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051022022345/http://www.argos.gr/diktyoe.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> an is pairt o the [[Meuse-Rhine Euroregion]], which includes nearby ceities [[Aachen]], [[Eupen]], [[Hasselt]], [[Liège]] an [[Tongeren]].

==Internaitional relations==
{{See also|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in The Netherlands}}

===Twin touns — Sister ceeties===
Maastricht is [[toun twinnin|twinned]] wi:
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Liège (ceety)|Liège]], [[Belgium]]
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Koblenz]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|Nicaragua}} [[El Rama|Rama]], [[Nicaragua]]
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Chengdu]], [[Cheenae]] (syne 2012)

===Ither relations===
* [[Maist Auncient European Touns Network]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Maastricht
|Northeast = [[Meerssen]]
|East      = [[Valkenburg aan de Geul]]
|South    = [[Visé]]{{space}}([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Liège (province)|WLG]])
|Southeast = [[Eijsden-Margraten]]
|Southwest = [[Riemst]]{{space}}([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Limburg (Belgium)|VLI]])
|Northwest = [[Lanaken]]{{space}}([[Belgium|BE]]-[[Limburg (Belgium)|VLI]])
}}

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[[Category:Belgium–Netherlands border crossins]]
[[Category:Ceeties in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Municipalities o Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Populatit places in Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Provincial caipitals o the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Roman steids in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Sooth Limburg (Netherlands)]]
[[Category:Varsity touns in the Netherlands]]
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