Vaals

Vaals is a small city and municipality in the region, in the province , comprising the very southeasternmost corner of the Netherlands.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vaalsbroek Castle and Lemiers Castle.

Castle

Protected area
Photo: Romaine, CC0.
is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Epen and Partij-Wittem.

is a small town in , the southern most region of the . It's a picturesque little place that features some of the best landscape views in the country and is dotted with the timber framed houses that are so typical for this area.

is a village in , the southernmost part of the . The village comprises the two hamlets of Partij and Wittem. As a whole, it is part of the municipality of -Wittem.

Known mostly for the Miljoenenlijn steam train, which originates here, is a small city in the region, in the province . Also, in 1930 the so-called "Sarcophagus of Simpelveld" was discovered here.

Vaals

Latitude
50.7785° or 50° 46′ 43″ north
Longitude
5.9767° or 5° 58′ 36″ east
Population
10,100
Elevation
202 metres (663 feet)
Open location code
9F27QXHG+9M
Geo­Names ID
2745904
Wiki­data ID
Q9768
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Vaals” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Vaals
  • Albanian: Vaals
  • Arabic: فالس
  • Armenian: Վալս
  • Asturian: Vaals
  • Basque: Vaals
  • Catalan: Vaals
  • Cebuano: Gemeente Vaals
  • Chinese: Vaals
  • Chinese: 法尔斯
  • Chinese: 瓦爾斯
  • Czech: Vaals
  • Danish: Vaals
  • Dutch: Gemeente Vaals
  • Dutch: Vaals (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Vaals
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤالس، نيديرلاند
  • Esperanto: Vaals
  • French: Vaals
  • German: Vaals
  • Hungarian: Vaals
  • Indonesian: Vaals
  • Irish: Vaals
  • Italian: Vaals
  • Japanese: ファールス
  • Kölsch: Vols
  • Korean: 팔스
  • Kurdish: Vaals
  • Latin: Valis
  • Latin: Vallis
  • Limburgan: Vols
  • Lithuanian: Valsas
  • Low German: Vaals
  • Luxembourgish: Vaals
  • Malay: Vaals
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vaals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vaals
  • Norwegian: Vaals
  • Occitan (post 1500): Vaals
  • Persian: فالس
  • Polish: Vaals
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  • Romanian: Vaals
  • Russian: Валс
  • Saterfriesisch: Vaals
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  • Turkish: Vaals
  • Ukrainian: Валс (громада)
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  • Venetian: Vaals
  • Vietnamese: Vaals
  • Volapük: Vaals
  • Waray (Philippines): Vaals
  • Western Frisian: Faals
  • Zeeuws: Vaels

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vaals”. Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 3.0.