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LIMBURG, or LIMEOURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 692 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIMBURG, or LIMEOURG , the smallest of the nine provinces of See also:Belgium, occupying the See also:north-See also:east corner of the See also:kingdom. It represents only a portion of the See also:ancient duchy of Limburg (see above). The See also:part east of the See also:Meuse was transferred to See also:Holland by the See also:London See also:conference, and a further portion was attached to the See also:province of See also:Liege including the old See also:capital now called See also:Dolhain. Much of the province is represented by the See also:wild See also:heath See also:district called the Campine, recently discovered to See also:form an extensive See also:coal-See also:field. The operations for working it were only begun in 1906. North-See also:west of See also:Hasselt is Beverloo, where all the Belgian troops go through a course of instruction annually. Among the towns are Hasselt, the capital, St Trond and Looz. From the last named is derived the See also:title of the See also:family known as the See also:dukes of Looz, whose antiquity equals that of the See also:extinct reigning family of Limburg itself. The title of duc de Looz is one of the four existing ducal titles in the See also:Netherlands, the other three being d'Arenberg, Croy and d'Ursel. Limburg contains 603,085 acres or 942 sq. m. In 1904 the See also:population was 255,359, giving an See also:average of 271 per sq. m.

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