Margraten ( Dutch: [mɑrˈɣraːtə(n)] ; Limburgish : Mergraote ) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands .
6-474: On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality. Until 1982 the municipality with this name comprised, beside Margraten, the hamlets Groot Welsden, Klein Welsden, Termaar and 't Rooth. In 1982 this municipality was extended with a number of neighbouring municipalities: Cadier en Keer , Mheer , Noorbeek and Sint Geertruid . Also
12-564: A population of about 25,000. Eijsden-Margraten is one of the most southerly municipalities in the Netherlands, for in its south it is extending up to the most southerly part of the border between the Netherlands and Belgium . The Meuse river , coming from France and Belgium, at Eijsden enters its third and final flowing country, the Netherlands. From here on its name in Dutch is "Maas". Running northward to Eijsden-Margraten's west it locally forms
18-521: Is a municipality situated in the very south of the Netherlands . There it is located in the southeastern part of the province of Limburg . This municipality was formed in 2011 from the former municipalities of Eijsden and Margraten , that both consisted of a number of separately situated villages. As a result, the nowadays Eijsden-Margraten municipality consists of 28 villages and townships, spread out over 15 administrative centres. As of 2011, it has
24-692: The graves and lay flowers. This cemetery is the final resting place for, among others, Lt. Colonel Robert G. Cole , who was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during the Normandy campaign in June 1944. President George W. Bush visited the cemetery on 8 May 2005, the first American president to do so. This Dutch Limburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eijsden-Margraten Eijsden-Margraten ( Dutch: [ˌɛizdəˈmɑrɣraːtə(n)] ; Limburgish : Èèsjde-Mergraote )
30-722: The village Scheulder, that until then was part of another municipality, was added. As a result, from 1982 until 2011 the municipality of Margraten comprised the following population centres, that from 2011 on are all part of nowadays municipality of Eijsden-Margraten. At Margraten the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is situated. Established in 1960, it is Europe's third largest war cemetery for unidentified soldiers who died in World War II . 8,301 soldiers are buried there under long rows of white crosses and stars of David. All graves are adopted by locals, who attend
36-667: The westerly frontier of the last mentioned country with Belgium. A smaller stream, the Voer , coming from Belgium, drains into the Meuse river in this municipality, after having passed through a few of its villages. Of them Eijsden, Gronsveld, Mariadorp, Mesch, Oost-Maarland and Rijckholt are former parts of the Eijsden municipality, whereas the others are former parts of the Margraten municipality. Apart from Mesch all former Eijsden villages are situated in
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