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Limburg ​((wa)Limbôr)
Saint-Georges square and Saint-Georges church
Information
Country	Belgium
Region	province of Liège
Watercourse	Vesdre, Gileppe, Borchene, Pancherelle
Area	24,63 km²
Population	5 870 hab. (1er January 2021)
Density	238,33 inhab./km²
Nice	Limburgish
Postal code	4830, 4831, 4834
Telephone prefix	32 87
Location
50 ° 36 ′ 44 ″ N 5 ° 56 ′ 25 ″ E
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Limburg is a municipality and a small town in the province of Liège in Belgium.

Understand

It was, from 1070 to 1101, the capital of tale then, from 1101 to 1795, from Duchy of Limburg.

Tourist information

Limbourg does not have its own tourist information office but has confided, along with three other municipalities in the Vesdre valley (Baelen, let's say and Verviers), this promotion has a ASBL : The Tourist office of the Pays de Vesdre. the info point is located in Verviers. However, the city has a tourist information center:

• 50.612455.940151 Royal tourist office of Limbourg (The Arvo) place Saint-Georges, 30,   32 87 334136, e-mail : [email protected] from April to September: sat.- Sun. : 14 h - 18 h. –  (last update Feb. 2018)

Bibliography

• Marcellin La Garde, History of the Duchy of Limburg (history), Brussels, A. Jamar, 1846, 234 p.(OCLC782160131)
• Constant Casier and Louis Crahay, Customs of the Duchy of Limbourg and the Overseas Territories (history, society), Brussels, Fr. Gobbaerts, 1889, 452 p.(OCLC781854279)

To go

By train

Railway stations	Railway company	Direct line	Connection with other transport
50.625555.93841 Dolhain-Gileppe station Thier de Villers – paying. No staff on site. Automatic ticket office, free car parking. (last updated Apr 2018)	SNCB  (last update March 2018)	Line 37  – Liège-Guillemins ↔ Welkenraedt (last update Feb. 2018)	Bus  – 716 (from Mon. to Fri.) “Bilstain Bergerie” stop. (last updated Apr 2018) Taxi  – no. (last updated Apr 2018)

By public transport

• Bus not^o 716 between the Welkenraedt station and Bilstain with stops at Béthane, Goë, Dolhain and Bilstain. Only runs from Monday to Friday and this is the "Next Which is applicable.
• Bus not^o 724 between the Verviers central station and Eupen with stops at Béthane, Goë and Dolhain. This is the price "Next Which is applicable.
• Bus not^o 725 between the Verviers central station and Eupen with stops in Dolhain. This is the price "Next Which is applicable.

By car

• Coming from Cork by the highway E40 : take the exit 37bis (Thimister-Clermont) Limburg
• Coming fromAachen by the highway E40 : take the exit 38 (Eupen) Limbourg (national road NOT667) then, at the first roundabout, turn left Limburg
• Coming from the highway E42 : take the exit 6 (Verviers-Est - Verviers-Sud) then the ring road R61 to the left until the roundabout following the viaduct under the railway, then take the NOT61 on the right "Center (Victory)". At the central station roundabout, take the first right (NOT61) Limburg
• Coming from Eupen : follow the NOT61 Baelen then Limbourg

Distances, times and routes

Destination	Distance		Time
	by the road	great circle	by car (about)	by train
Brussels	E40 "Rue du Père Nicolas Hardy" 131 km	115,0 km	1 h 35 min	1 h 28 min*
Eupen	NOT6112 km	6,9 km	17 min	10 min**
Cork	E25E40 "Rue du Père Nicolas Hardy" 41,2 km	25,5 km	40 min	27 min***
Verviers	NOT617 km	5,7 km	13 min	09 min
Welkenraedt	"Rue de Baelen" NOT618 km	6,7 km	15 min	05 min
* To increase the waiting time for connections to Cork and to Vierviers. ** With the TEC bus no 725. *** To increase the waiting time for correspondence at Verviers

Routes via Limburg (city)

(NOT30) Cork ← Verviers ←	O  E	→ Eupen (NOT67)
Cork ← Verviers ←	'  'Line 37	→ Welkenraedt
Herve ← Eupen ←	E  O	→ let's say → Herve
Belleheid ← Eupen ←	E  O	→ Verviers → Angleur

Circulate

To see

• 50.61215.94031 Upper town  – Resumed on the list of most beautiful villages in Wallonia and classified, as an architectural ensemble, to the exceptional heritage of Wallonia. With an area of ​​approximately 3 hectares, it is the former capital of County of Limbourg then from Duchy of Limburg. It preserves the remains of its ramparts and its castle built around the year 1000 as well as a number of buildings from the XVIII^e century. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • Place Saint-Georges  – Center of the upper town, it retains its cobblestones from Vesdre and is bordered by houses from XVIII^e century, six of which are individually classified in the real estate heritage of the Walloon Region. (last update Feb. 2018)
  • 50.612645.941132 St. George's Church free. – Built on a rocky outcrop, its origin is a chapel built in XII^e century (before 1172). It was enlarged around 1301 by a bay, two intermediate naves as well as a powerful square tower, having a role of defense and refuge, all in Gothic style. (last update Feb. 2018)

Do

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Security

Around

• 50.65895.88381 Clermont-sur-Berwinne (to the northwest) – One of the others most beautiful villages in Wallonia. (last update March 2018)
• 50.5895.97452 Gileppe dam lake (At the South-East) (last update March 2018)
• 50.51886.06293 Hautes Fagnes state nature reserve (At the South-East) –  (last update March 2018)