page_title: Eupen-Malmedy
section_title: Current administration
hierarchical_section_title: Eupen-Malmedy / Current administration
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rathaus in Malmedy - Belgien
context_page_description: Eupen-Malmedy, Eupen-Malmédy or the East Cantons is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium. It consists of three administrative cantons around the small cities of Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith which encompass some 730 square kilometres. In the area itself, the region is referred to as East Belgium. Elsewhere in Belgium, the region is commonly referred to as the East Cantons.
  Eupen-Malmedy became part of Belgium in the aftermath of World War I. The region, which had formerly been part of Prussia and the German Empire, was allocated to Belgium by the Treaty of Versailles. It was formally annexed after a controversial referendum in 1920, becoming part of the Province of Liège in 1925. Agitation by German nationalists during the interwar period led to its re-annexation by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was returned to Belgium in 1945. Today, it forms a large component of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, one of Belgium's three federal communities.
context_section_description: After becoming part of Belgium in the 1920s, the municipalities composing these territories were grouped into the three cantons of Eupen, Malmedy, and Sankt Vith. The administration was overhauled during the local government reforms of 1976–77, and are now administered as follows:
  Canton of Eupen
  Eupen: Eupen and Kettenis
  Kelmis (in French La Calamine): Kelmis, Neu-Moresnet and Hergenrath
  Moresnet: Lontzen and Walhorn
  Raeren: Raeren, Eynatten and Hauset
  Canton of Sankt Vith
  Sankt Vith (in French Saint-Vith): Sankt Vith, Crombach, Lommersweiler, Schönberg and Recht
  Bütgenbach (in French Butgenbach): Bütgenbach and Elsenborn
  Büllingen (in French Bullange): Büllingen, Manderfeld and Rocherath
  Amel (in French Amblève): Amel, Heppenbach and Meyerode
  Burg-Reuland: Reuland and Thommen
  Canton of Malmedy
  Malmedy: Malmedy, Bévercé and Bellevaux-Ligneuville
  Waimes (in German Weismes): Waimes, Faymonville and Robertville
  Linguistically, the Canton of Malmedy is mostly Francophone while the Cantons of Eupen and Sankt Vith are mostly Germanophone. When the three language-based communities of Belgium were created as part of the Belgian state reforms, Malmedy was placed in the French-speaking Community and Eupen and Sankt Vith were placed in the German-speaking Community. All the 11 municipalities of the East Cantons are "municipalities with language facilities", with the nine Germanophone municipalities also offering services in French and the two Francophone municipalities also offering services in German.
caption: Modern view of the townhall of Malmedy, flying the Belgian flag.
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