Meerssen, The Netherlands

Meerssen (Limburgish: Meersje) is a municipality in the south of Limburg (Netherlands). It was created in its current composition during the reclassification on 1 January 1982. Then the former municipality of that name was merged with the previously independent municipalities of Bunde, Geulle and Ulestraten. The capital has since been the town of the same name Meerssen (although the village of Bunde had marginally more inhabitants in 2012). The municipality has an area of 27.47 km² and has 18,631 inhabitants.

Openbare Werken Gemeente Meerssen (Nederland) — Public Works Municipality of Meerssen (Netherlands)

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Meerssen, Países Bajos

Meerssen is located at the mouth of the Geul valley in the Maas valley and the stream de Geul at Voulwammes flows into the Meuse. In the northeast of the municipality are a few villages and hamlets on the southwestern part of the Central Plateau, where the Watervalderbeekdal with the Watervalderbeek and the Vliekerwaterlossing cuts into this plateau. In the southeast, the northwestern spur of the Plateau of Margraten lies partly in the municipality.
The Bunderbos with its many springs is located on the eastern slopes of the Maas valley. The Kalverbosch and the Vliekerbos are located on the northern slopes of the Geul valley, while the De Dellen forest area is located on the southern slopes of the Geul valley. The Meerssenerbroek nature reserve is adjacent to De Dellen.

Meerssen, Niederlande

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Meerssen once played a significant role in European history, in 870, when, according to the Treaty of Meerssen, the middle part of the Carolingian Empire, which had broken into three parts, was divided between the East Frankish Empire and the West Frankish Empire.
The municipality of Meerssen came into existence shortly after the annexation of the area to the First French Republic by the Treaty of The Hague (1795). The territory of the municipality (commune) included the former possessions of the Proosdij van Meerssen and parts of the Land van Valkenburg, which was also abolished at the time. One of the most famous mayors of the early days was the lawyer and politician Charles Clément Roemers (1748-1838), who also lived in the deanery.

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Meerssen, Pays-Bas

Due to the reclassification of January 1, 1920, the municipality of Meerssen lost part of its territory to Maastricht. These included Maastricht station (actually annexed in 1907 during a border correction), the Mosa factories, the Sphinx tile factory, part of the Zinkwit site, the village of Limmel and a number of country estates. Reportedly, some of the Catholics in the Maastricht city council in 1920 were against the annexation of Limmel, because the inhabitants of that village had elected a socialist to the Meerssen city council. In 1951 and 1970, further border corrections followed, in which the Beatrixhaven and Meerssenhoven areas were transferred to Maastricht.

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Meerssen, Holandia

Meerssen is one of the founders of the Douzelage, a city twinning, in which in principle every country in the European Union is represented by one city. The name Douzelage is a combination of the French word “douze” for twelve and “twinning” and stands for the twelve original member states of the European Union in 1991, when this association was founded in Granville (France). Although the number of member states in the European Union has increased, the name has remained unchanged. The aim of the Douzelage is to promote and strengthen the European idea and to establish educational, economic, touristic, sporting and cultural links between the cities themselves. A local Douzelage committee has been set up in Meerssen. In January 1992 this committee was renamed the association ‘Meerssen in Europe’.