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Raeren
Sign in to saveRaeren () is a municipality of the German speaking community of Belgium located in the Walloon province of Liège. It was part of Germany until the First World War, after which it became part of Belgium. It is one of several towns in eastern Belgium which predominantly speak German.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Raeren
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Raeren-Gemeentehuis.JPG
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Raeren town hall
- Belgium municipality.map
- Raeren Liège Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Raeren in the province of Liège
- Belgium municipality.arms
- BE Raeren COA.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flagge Raeren.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Liège
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Verviers
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 63061
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Jérôme Franssen
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Mit Uns - Ecolo
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 4730–4731
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 087
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.raeren.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Official name
- Raeren
- Demonym
- Raerenois
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Verviers
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 10707
- Area
- 74.21
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Geul
- Shares border with
- Eupen
- Official website
- www.raeren.be
- Image
- Raeren Rathaus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 087
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- Commons category
- Raeren
- P13200
- Siamese fighting fish
- topic's main category
- Category:Raeren
- postal code
- 4731
- located in/on physical feature
- Land of Eupen
- list of monuments
- list of protected heritage sites in Raeren
- annual number of weddings
- 32
- phone number
- +32-87-86-69-40
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contains settlement
- Eynatten
- impressum URL
- www.raeren.be/impressum
- contact page URL
- www.raeren.be/dienste/haeufig-gestellte-fragen/#kontakt
- fax number
- +32-87-85-11-69
- native label
- Raeren
- P8168
- James Dooge
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Raeren () is a municipality of the German speaking community of Belgium located in the Walloon province of Liège. It was part of Germany until the First World War, after which it became part of Belgium. It is one of several towns in eastern Belgium which predominantly speak German.
On 1 January 2006, Raeren had a total population of 10,091. The total area is 74.21 km2 which gives a population density of 136 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Eynatten, Hauset, and Raeren proper.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raeren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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