Sint Pieter (Saint Peter) is a neighbourhood in the city of

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, in the

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province of

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. It is located on the western bank of the river

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, in the south of the city, and borders Belgium (both

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and

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). It is a relatively affluent neighbourhood. Sint Pieter used to be a separate village, and was also a separate municipality until it merged with Maastricht in 1920. The municipality covered the village of Sint Pieter and the hill Sint-Pietersberg.

Trivia

* In common parlance, the neighbourhoods of Jekerdal, Villapark and Sint Pieter are all perceived as constituting ''Sint Pieter''. * Sint Pieter is also the end of the famous

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