Limbourg

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Limbourg is a historic town in eastern Belgium known for its medieval architecture and former status as the political center of the Duchy of Limburg.

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Limbourg canonical 10

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalOf Duchy of Limburg ⓘ
coordinateLocation 50.612°N 5.939°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
countrySubdivisionType municipality of Liège Province ⓘ
elevation approximately 280 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasBuildingStyle medieval urban fabric ⓘ
traditional stone houses ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction panoramic views over Vesdre valley ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected historic townscape ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction administrative capital ⓘ
fortified town ⓘ
hasMunicipalGovernmentType Belgian municipal council ⓘ
hasMunicipalSection Bilstain ⓘ
Goé ⓘ
Limbourg (historic town) ⓘ
hasPart Place Saint-Georges ⓘ
Saint-Georges church ⓘ
Ville Basse ⓘ
surface form: lower town (Ville Basse)

old upper town (Ville Haute) ⓘ
remains of fortifications ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 5,500 ⓘ
hasTourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
heritageDesignation Major Heritage of Wallonia ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Duchy of Limburg ⓘ
knownFor cobblestone streets ⓘ
former political center of the Duchy of Limburg ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
well-preserved historic center ⓘ
localLanguage Walloon language ⓘ
surface form: Walloon
locatedIn eastern Belgium ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity arrondissement of Verviers ⓘ
province of Liège ⓘ
locatedNear Eupen ⓘ
Verviers ⓘ
locatedOn hill above the Vesdre River ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Wallonia ⓘ
postalCode 4830 ⓘ
roadAccess near E40 motorway ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
traversedBy Vesdre River ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Limburg → capital → Limbourg ⓘ
Duchy of Limburg → namedAfter → Limbourg ⓘ
arrondissement of Verviers → contains → Limbourg ⓘ
subject surface form: Arrondissement of Verviers
Welkenraedt → sharesBorderWith → Limbourg ⓘ
Sherbrooke → hasTwinTown → Limbourg ⓘ
Limburg → namedAfter → Limbourg ⓘ
Limoux → twinTown → Limbourg ⓘ