Voeren

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Voeren is a small, Dutch-speaking municipality in the easternmost part of Belgium, known for its rural landscape and linguistic and cultural border position between Flanders, Wallonia, and the Netherlands.

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Voeren canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
borderWith Netherlands
Wallonia
contains Moelingen
Remersdaal
Sint-Martens-Voeren
Sint-Pieters-Voeren
Teuven
’s-Gravenvoeren
country Belgium
governedBy municipal council of Voeren
hasAreaCode 04
hasCharacteristic cultural border position
linguistic border position
rural landscape
hasDutchName Voeren
hasFrenchName Fourons
hasMinorityLanguage French
Limburgish
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1977 municipal fusion in Belgium
hasNotableFeature agricultural land
cross-border cycling routes
hilly landscape
historic farmhouses
railway line Liège–Maastricht passing nearby
walking trails
hasOfficialName Voeren
hasPostalCode 3790
3791
3792
locatedIn Euregio Meuse-Rhine
Flanders
Flemish Region
Limburg
linked to: Limburg Province

easternmost part of Belgium
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedNear Liège
Maastricht
locatedOn Voer river
observesDaylightSavingTime Central European Summer Time
officialLanguage Dutch
partOf Arrondissement of Tongeren
Voerstreek
linguistic frontier in Belgium

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