Sint Pieter

Sint Pieter
neighbourhood & former municipality

Location of Sint Pieter in Maastricht
Country Netherlands
Province Limburg
Municipality Maastricht
Population
  Total 158

Sint Pieter (Saint Peter) is a neighbourhood in the city of Maastricht, in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located on the western bank of the river Meuse, in the south of the city, and borders Belgium (both Flanders and Wallonia). 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.[1] The municipality covered the village of Sint Pieter and the hill Sint-Pietersberg.

Trivia

References

  1. Ad van der Meer and Onno Boonstra, Repertorium van Nederlandse gemeenten, KNAW, 2006.

Location

Coordinates: 50°50′N 5°41′E / 50.833°N 5.683°E / 50.833; 5.683

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