page_title: Maastricht
hierarchical_section_title: Maastricht
caption_attribution_description: View over the river Maas to the old town of Maastricht Deutsch: die limburgische Hauptstadt Maastricht Suomi: Maastrichtin vanhaa kaupunkia Maas-joen rannalla Français&#160;: Maastricht, le pont sur la Meuse Italiano: La Mosa a Maastricht Lëtzebuergesch: Bréck iwwert d'Meuse zu Maastricht Русский: Старый Маастрихт, вид с Мааса. Svenska: Maastrichts gamla stad vid floden Maas
context_page_description: Maastricht is a city in the south of the Netherlands. It is the capital city of the province of Limburg.
  About 120,000 people live there.
  Maastricht has an airport and a university.
  The first settlement in that region was founded in the Stone age about 25000 years ago, the first permanent settlement was founded by the Celts about 500 B.C. Maastricht got City Rights in 1204. Since 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, Maastricht belongs to the Netherlands. The European Contract of 1992 was signed in Maastricht, the so-called Treaty of Maastricht.
context_section_description: Maastricht (Limburgish: Mestreech) is a city in the south of the Netherlands. It is the capital city of the province of Limburg.
  About 120,000 people live there.
  Maastricht has an airport and a university (Maastricht University).
  The first settlement in that region was founded in the Stone age about 25000 years ago, the first permanent settlement was founded by the Celts about 500 B.C. Maastricht got City Rights in 1204. Since 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, Maastricht belongs to the Netherlands. The European Contract of 1992 was signed in Maastricht, the so-called Treaty of Maastricht.
caption: Old town of Maastricht looking over the river Maas.
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