Maasmechelen

Maasmechelen (Dutch pronunciation:; Limburgish: Mechele) is a municipality located on the Meuse in the Belgianprovince 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 (mainly Italian) origin.