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Administration

Full name

Limburg

Native name lang

Settlement type

Province

Anthem

In 't Bronsgroen Eikenhout

Country

Netherlands

Inclusion

1839

Government

Capital

Maastricht

Queen's Commissioner

Léon Frissen (Limburg is the only province in the Netherlands that calls the queen's commissioner a governor.)

Geography

Total Area

831.1 sq mi (2153 km2)

Water Area

21.6 sq mi (56 km2)

Area rank

9th

Demography

Total Population

1131938 (6th) (2006)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (4th) (0/sq mi)

Other information

ISO 3166 code

NL-LI

Religion (2003)

Roman Catholic 78%
Protestant 2%
Others 5%
Irreligion 15%

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Limburg (-nlˈlɪmˌbʏrx122 Limburg (Dutch and Limburgish: (Nederlands-)Limburg) is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by the province of Gelderland to the north, Germany to the east, Belgium to the south and part of the west, and

the Dutch province of North Brabant partly to the west. Its capital is Maastricht.

Limburg has a highly distinct character. The social and economic trends which affected the province in recent decades generated a process of change and renewal which has enabled Limburg to transform its national peripheral location into a highly globalized regional nexus, linking the Netherlands to the Ruhr metro area and the southern part of the Benelux region. A less appreciated consequence of this international gateway location is rising international crime, often drugs-related, especially in the southernmost part of the province.

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