Voeren
Sign in to savethumb|Culture centre Veltmanshuis at Sint Martens Voeren. Hendrik Veltmans was a local priest and an inspiring Flamingant (advocate of the Dutch-speaking ("Flemish") cause) Voeren (; ) is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Bordering the Netherlands to the north and the Wallonia region's Liège Province () to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an exclave of Flanders. Voeren's name is derived from that of a small right-bank tributary of the Meuse, the Voe
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Voeren
- Belgium municipality.namefr
- Fourons
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Sint Martens Voeren.JPG
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Sint-Martens-Voeren
- Belgium municipality.map
- Voeren Limburg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Voeren in Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Voeren wapen2.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Voeren vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Tongeren
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 73109
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Joris Gaens (Voerbelangen, N-VA)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Voerbelangen
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3798
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 04
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.voeren.be
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- Results of the linguistic censuses of 1930 and 1947 per village
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thumb|Culture centre Veltmanshuis at Sint Martens Voeren. Hendrik Veltmans was a local priest and an inspiring Flamingant (advocate of the Dutch-speaking ("Flemish") cause) Voeren (; ) is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Bordering the Netherlands to the north and the Wallonia region's Liège Province () to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an exclave of Flanders. Voeren's name is derived from that of a small right-bank tributary of the Meuse, the Voer, which flows through the municipality.
The current municipality of Voeren was established by the municipal reform of 1977. On 1 January 2008, Voeren had a total population of 4,207. Its total area is , giving a population density of . About 25% of the population is made up of foreign nationals, most of whom have Dutch nationality.