Meerssen is a town and a municipality in southeastern Netherlands.

History

The Treaty of Meerssen was signed in Meerssen in 870. The Treaty of Meerssen was an agreement of the division of the Carolingian Empire by the surviving sons of Louis I: Charles II of the West Franks and Louis the German of the East Franks. Around the middle of the 10th century the allodium Meerssen was the property of queen Gerberga, the daughter of king Henry I. She was the spouse of Louis IV of France. In 968 she donated all her property to the abbey of Saint Remigius in Reims.

Population centres

• Bunde • Geulle • Meerssen • Rothem • Ulestraten

Transportation

Railway station: Meerssen

International relations

Twin towns - Sister cities

Meerssen is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 24 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals. Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns (Agros in Cyprus, Škofja Loka in Slovenia, and Tryavna in Bulgaria). • 🇪🇸 Altea, Spain - 1991 • 🇩🇪 Bad Kötzting, Germany - 1991 • 🇮🇹 Bellagio, Italy - 1991 • 🇮🇪 Bundoran, Ireland - 1991 • 🇫🇷 Granville, France - 1991 • Holstebro, Denmark - 1991 • 🇧🇪 Houffalize, Belgium - 1991 • Meerssen, Netherlands - 1991 • 🇱🇺 Niederanven, Luxembourg - 1991 • Preveza, Greece - 1991 • Sesimbra, Portugal - 1991 • Sherborne, United Kingdom - 1991 • 🇫🇮 Karkkila, Finland - 1997 • 🇸🇪 Oxelösund, Sweden - 1998 • 🇦🇹 Judenburg, Austria - 1999 • 🇵🇱 Chojna, Poland - 2004 • 🇭🇺 Kőszeg, Hungary - 2004 • 🇱🇻 Sigulda, Latvia - 2004 • 🇨🇿 Sušice, Czech Republic - 2004 • 🇪🇪 Türi, Estonia - 2004 • 🇸🇰 Zvolen, Slovakia - 2007 • 🇱🇹 Prienai, Lithuania - 2008 • 🇲🇹 Marsaskala, Malta - 2009 • 🇷🇴 Siret, Romania - 2010 • 🇧🇬 Tryavna, Bulgaria - 2011

Notable people

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