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Meerssen

Field	Value
name	Meerssen
native_name	li
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Kasteel Geulle.jpg
image_caption	Geulle Castle
image_flag	Meerssen vlag.svg
flag_size	100x67px
image_shield	Coat of arms of Meerssen.svg
shield_size	100x80px
image_map	Map - NL - Municipality code 0938 (2009).svg
map_alt	Highlighted position of Meerssen in a municipal map of Limburg
map_caption	Location in Limburg
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Netherlands
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Limburg
government_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.meerssen.nl/gmr/webgen.nsf/pages/DE5DB8EC059BCE03C1256B8400509B10?opendocument
title	Burgemeester
trans-title	Mayor
language	nl
publisher	Gemeente Meerssen
access-date	11 November 2013
url-status	dead
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20131111170146/http://www.meerssen.nl/gmr/webgen.nsf/pages/DE5DB8EC059BCE03C1256B8400509B10?opendocument
archive-date	11 November 2013
governing_body	Municipal council
leader_party	VVD
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Mirjam Clermonts-Aretz
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
area_water_km2
elevation_footnotes	{{cite web
url	http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
title	Postcodetool for 6231LE
language	nl
work	Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
publisher	Het Waterschapshuis
access-date	11 November 2013
url-status	dead
archive-url	https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053543/http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
archive-date	21 September 2013
elevation_m	57
elevation_max_footnotes	tags --
elevation_min_footnotes	tags --
population_footnotes
population_total
population_as_of
population_density_km2
population_demonym	Meerssenaar
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postcode
postal_code	6230–6243
area_code_type	Area code
area_code	043
website

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''Dutch Topographic map of Meerssen, June 2015''

Meerssen (; ) is a town and a municipality in southeastern Netherlands.

History

The Treaty of Meerssen was signed in Meerssen in 870. The Treaty of Meerssen was an agreement of the division of the Carolingian Empire by the surviving sons of Louis I: Charles II of the West Franks and Louis the German of the East Franks.

Around the middle of the 10th century the allodium Meerssen was the property of queen Gerberga, the daughter of king Henry I. She was the spouse of Louis IV of France. In 968 she donated all her property to the abbey of Saint Remigius in Reims.

Population centres

Bunde
Geulle
Meerssen
Rothem
Ulestraten

Transportation

Railway station: Meerssen

Basilica: Basiliek van het Heilig Sacrament, de Sint-Bartholomeusbasiliek

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Meerssen is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals. Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria).

ESP Altea, Spain - 1991
GER Bad Kötzting, Germany - 1991
ITA Bellagio, Italy - 1991
IRL Bundoran, Ireland - 1991
FRA Granville, France - 1991
DEN Holstebro, Denmark - 1991
BEL Houffalize, Belgium - 1991
NED Meerssen, Netherlands - 1991
LUX Niederanven, Luxembourg - 1991
GRE Preveza, Greece - 1991
POR Sesimbra, Portugal - 1991
UK Sherborne, United Kingdom - 1991
FIN Karkkila, Finland - 1997
SWE Oxelösund, Sweden - 1998
AUT Judenburg, Austria - 1999
POL Chojna, Poland - 2004
HUN Kőszeg, Hungary - 2004
LVA Sigulda, Latvia - 2004
CZE Sušice, Czech Republic - 2004
EST Türi, Estonia - 2004
SVK Zvolen, Slovakia - 2007
LTU Prienai, Lithuania - 2008
MLT Marsaskala, Malta - 2009
ROU Siret, Romania - 2010
BGR Tryavna, Bulgaria - 2011

Notable people

Charles Eyck (1897 in Meerssen - 1983) a Dutch visual artist
Hubert Levigne (1905 in Meerssen - 1989) a Dutch artist
Gerard Kockelmans (1925 in Meerssen - 1965) a Dutch composer, conductor and music teacher
Jef Lahaye (1932 in Bunde – 1990) a Dutch professional racing cyclist
Maria van der Hoeven (born 1949 in Meerssen) a retired Dutch politician
Erik Meijer (born 1969 in Meerssen) a retired Dutch footballer with 462 club caps
Kyara Stijns (born 1995 in Bunde) a Dutch professional racing cyclist

Gallery

File:Geulle-Westbroek 59 (1).JPG|Geulle-Westbroek File:Old farm near Meerssen (South Limburg, Netherlands 2008) (2476530208).jpg|Old farm near Meerssen File:Overzicht van een der vleugels van de herenhof - Bunde - 20406639 - RCE.jpg|Overzicht van een der vleugels van de herenhof - Bunde File:Ulestraten-De nar van Ulestraten (3).JPG|Ulestraten-De nar van Ulestraten File:Ulestraten-Groot Berghem 13.JPG|Ulestraten-Groot Berghem

References

;Notes

References

{{Dutch municipality total area. dataref
{{Dutch municipality population. dataref
"Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org.
"Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org.

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