Vaals, Limburg Province, Netherlands
🇳🇱 Vaals is a town in the extreme south-eastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which is in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands.
The municipality covers an area of 23.90 km² (9.23 sq mi) in the foothills of the Ardennes–Eifelrange and is located about 23 km (14 mi) east of Maastricht and 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the city centre of Aachen.
It borders on both Belgium and Germany. The three borders meet on the Drielandenpunt, a few meters from the highest point in the European part of the Netherlands, the Vaalserberg. The Vaalserberg used to be called "Hubertusberg".
In the municipality of Vaals, there are four villages and nine townships. Due to Vaals being located near the German border, the population of German people represents 26% of the total population of Vaals.
Economy Tourism is regarded as the main source of income for Vaals. The neighbouring coal industry and textile industry were to a large extent lost starting from the 1960s. Most inhabitants commute today to the larger neighbouring cities of Heerlen, Kerkrade and Maastricht as well as to Aachen and surroundings. A sixth of the population is classified as poor in the current national poverty monitor of the Netherlands.
Europe/Amsterdam/Limburg
Vaals has a population of over 10,092 people. Vaals also forms part of the wider Limburg Province which has a population of over 1,118,223 people.
Vaals is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇫🇷 Segonzac 🇮🇹 Pellegrino Parmense 🇯🇵 Kesennuma 🇵🇱 Nidzica 🇰🇷 Shinan County 🇨🇾 Tatlısu 🇦🇹 Enns 🇨🇳 Shimenshan 🇨🇳 Fuli 🇵🇱 Kalety 🇸🇪 Falköping 🇮🇹 Trani 🇹🇷 Arapgir 🇨🇾 Yeniboğaziçi 🇮🇹 Sperlonga 🇳🇱 Bellingwedde 🇹🇷 Göynük 🇵🇱 Morąg 🇰🇷 Hadong County 🇮🇸 Djúpivogur
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🏴 Christchurch 50.73
🇵🇱 Dzierżoniów 50.729
🇺🇦 Novovolynsk 50.726
🇩🇿 Hassi Messaoud 6.067
Locations Near: Vaals 6.01667,50.7667
🇳🇱 Kerkrade 6.067,50.867 d: 11.7
🇳🇱 Heerlen 5.981,50.883 d: 13.2
🇳🇱 Landgraaf 6.017,50.9 d: 14.8
🇧🇪 Verviers 5.87,50.587 d: 22.5
🇩🇪 Eschweiler 6.273,50.817 d: 18.9
🇩🇪 Heinsberg 6.094,51.058 d: 32.9
🇳🇱 Maastricht 5.699,50.845 d: 24
🇩🇪 Hückelhoven 6.217,51.05 d: 34.5
Antipodal to: Vaals -173.983,-50.767
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