Maastricht (nld)

Maastricht

Maastricht ranks 1,021st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Colmar, Royal Palace of Turin, and Chester. Memorable people born in Maastricht include André Rieu, Peter Debye, and Lambert of Maastricht. Memorable people who died in Maastricht include Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Zwentibold, and Servatius of Tongeren. Maastricht has been the birth place of many politicians, and cyclists and the death place of many politicians, and military personnels. Maastricht is located in Netherlands.

Maastricht is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse, at the point where the river is joined by the Jeker. Mount Saint Peter (Sint-Pietersberg) is largely situated within the city's municipal borders. Maastricht is adjacent to the border with Belgium and is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, an international metropolis with a population of about 3.9 million, which includes the nearby German and Belgian cities of Aachen, Liège, and Hasselt. Read more on Wikipedia