Euregio Meuse-Rhine
Euregio Meuse-Rhine | |
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Map of the Meuse-Rhine Euregion showing the Region of Aachen (red); the southern part of Dutch Limburg (blue); Belgian Limburg (light green); Liège Province (mid-green); and the German-speaking Community of Belgium (dark green). | |
| Administrative seat | Eupen, Belgium |
| Type | Euroregion |
| Membership | |
| Establishment | 1976 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 3,900,000 |
The Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Dutch: Euregio Maas–Rijn [øːˈreːɣijoː ˌmaːsˈrɛin], French: Eurorégion Meuse–Rhin [øʁɔʁeʒjɔ̃ møz ʁɛ̃], German: Euregio Maas–Rhein [ɔʏˈʁeːɡi̯o ˌmaːsˈʁaɪn], Limburgish: Euregio Maas–Rien [øːˈʀeːɣijoː ˌmaːsˈʀiːn]) 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.