Parc national de la Haute Campine

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Le parc national de la Haute Campine (en néerlandais : Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen) est un parc national situé dans la Région flamande en Belgique. Créé en mars 2006, c'etait le premier parc national en Belgique. Il est situé dans l'est de la province du Limbourg, entre Genk et la Vallée de la Meuse.

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Hoge Kempen National Park

Hoge Kempen National Park is the first National Park in Flanders, Belgium. It is located in the Campine in the East of the Province of Limburg, between Genk and the river Meuse Valley. It includes the elevated ground that defines the watershed between that river and the low ground of the drainage basin of the river Demer that covers most of Belgian Limburg.

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Maasmechelen

Maasmechelen]; Limburgish: Mechele) is a municipality located on the Meuse in the Belgian province of Limburg. It comprises the former municipalities of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem. Due to Maasmechelen's location near the borders of both the Netherlands and Germany, as well as its coal mining history, quite a few of its current inhabitants are of Dutch, German, Polish, or Mediterranean origin.

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Mechelen incident

The Mechelen incident of 10 January 1940, also known as the Mechelen affair, took place in Belgium during the Phoney War in the first stages of World War II. A German aircraft with an officer on board carrying the plans for Fall Gelb, the German attack on the Low Countries, crash-landed in neutral Belgium near Vucht in the modern-day municipality of Maasmechelen within the Province of Limburg. This prompted an immediate crisis in the Low Countries and amidst the French and British authorities, whom the Belgians notified of their discovery; however, the crisis abated relatively quickly once the dates mentioned in the plans passed without incident. It has been argued that the incident led to a major change in the German attack plan, but this hypothesis has also been disputed.

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As, Belgium

As is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, As had a total population of 7,497. The total area is 22.07 km2 which gives a population density of 340 inhabitants per km2.

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Dilsen-Stokkem

Dilsen-Stokkem ˈstɔkɛm]; Limburgish: Dilse-Stokkem; French: Dilsen-Stockem) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2018, Dilsen-Stokkem had a total population of 20,454. The total area is 65.61 km² which gives a population density of 312 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Dilsen, Elen, Lanklaar, Rotem, and Stokkem.

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Il avait initialement une superficie de 5750 hectares sur les territoires des communes d'As, Dilsen-Stokkem, Genk, Lanaken, Maasmechelen et Zutendaal. Il a été agrandi en 2018 et 2020, et couvre depuis plus du double de sa surface initiale avec 12 742 hectares. Il fait partie du réseau Natura 2000. Le site a été proposé en 2011 pour une inscription au patrimoine mondial et figure sur la « liste indicative » de l’UNESCO dans la catégorie patrimoine culturel et naturel.