Vaals
Vaals
Vols | |
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View of Vaals | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Limburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°46′N 6°1′E / 50.767°N 6.017°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Limburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Harry Leunessen (PvdA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.90 km2 (9.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 23.89 km2 (9.22 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (660 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 322.7 m (1,059 ft) |
| Population (January 2021) | |
• Total | 10,084 |
| • Density | 422/km2 (1,090/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vaalzer |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postcode | 6290–6295 |
| Area code | 043 |
| Website | www |
Vaals (Dutch: [vaːls] ⓘ; Vaals dialect: Vols [vɔls]) is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, itself in the southeast of the Netherlands.
The municipality covers an area of 23.90 km2 (9.23 sq mi).It is situated in the western foothills of the Ardennes–Eifelrange and lies some 23 km (14 mi) east of Maastricht and 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the German city of Aachen.
Vaals directly adjoins both Belgium and Germany. As such three national borders meet at a point known as the Drielandenpunt and very near the highest point in the Netherlands, the Vaalserberg. The Vaalserberg was previously known as "Hubertusberg", so named for the eighth century St.Hubertus.