Eijsden

Eijsden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛizdə(n)] ; Limburgish: Èèsjde [ˈɛːʒdə]) is a village situated in the far south of the Netherlands. It is located in the southwestern part of the province of Limburg Until 1 January 2011, Eijsden was the main village in a municipality of the same name. On that date this municipality merged with neighbouring Margraten, forming the current municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, in which Eijsden is still the largest settlement. This village is one of the most southerly places in the Netherlands, extending down to the most southerly part of the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. It is at Eijsden that the Meuse river, coming from France and Belgium, flows into the Netherlands, the last country of its course. From here on its name in Dutch is Maas. Running northward to the west of Eijsden west it forms part of the Belgium–Netherlands border. Its Belgian border across the Meuse is Lanaye, a village of Liège Province in Wallonia, whereas its border to the south is the Voerstreek exclave of Limburg province in Flanders. A smaller stream, the Voer, coming from Belgium, drains into the Meuse river in this place.