Editing Vaals (section)

{{Short description|Town in Limburg province, Netherlands}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->
<!-- Name and transliteration -->
| name                    = Vaals
| native_name             = {{lang|ksh|Vols}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|Municipality]]
<!-- Images, nickname, motto -->
| image_skyline           = Vaals uitzicht.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = View of Vaals
| image_flag              = Vaals vlag.svg
| flag_size               = 100x67px
| flag_alt                = 
| image_shield            = Vaals wapen.svg
| shield_size             = 100x80px
| shield_alt              = 
<!-- Maps, coordinates -->
| image_map               = Map - NL - Municipality code 0981 (2009).svg
| map_alt                 = Highlighted position of Vaals in a municipal map of Limburg
| map_caption             = Location in Limburg
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|46|N|6|1|E|region:NL|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Netherlands]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="mayor_now">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.vaals.nl/bestuurorganisatie/burgemeester-wethouders_3321/
 |title = Burgemeester & Wethouders
 |trans-title=Mayor & Aldermen
 |language = nl
 |publisher = Gemeente Vaals
 |access-date = 26 May 2024}}</ref>
| governing_body          = [[Municipal council (Netherlands)|Municipal council]]
| leader_party            = 
| leader_title            = [[Burgemeester|Mayor]]
| leader_name             = [[Harry Leunessen]] ([[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]])
<!-- Geographic information -->
| unit_pref               = Metric
<!-- ALL fields with measurements have automatic unit conversion -->
<!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| area_footnotes          = <ref>{{Dutch municipality total area|dataref}}</ref>
<!-- square kilometers -->
| area_total_km2          = {{Dutch municipality total area|Vaals}}
| area_land_km2           = {{Dutch municipality land area|Vaals}}
| area_water_km2          = {{Dutch municipality water area|Vaals}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="AHN">{{cite web 
 |url = http://www.ahn.nl/postcodetool
 |title = Postcodetool for 6291AT
 |language = nl
 |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> 
 |work = Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland
 |publisher = Het Waterschapshuis
 |access-date = 1 December 2013}}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 200
| elevation_max_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/water-en-veiligheid/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-is-het-normaal-amsterdams-peil-nap.html
 |title       = Wat is het Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP)?
 |trans-title = What is the Amsterdam Ordnance Datum
 |language    = nl
 |work        = rijksoverheid.nl
 |publisher   = Government of the Netherlands
 |access-date  = 1 December 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203124148/http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/water-en-veiligheid/vraag-en-antwoord/wat-is-het-normaal-amsterdams-peil-nap.html
 |archive-date = 3 December 2013
}}</ref>
| elevation_max_m         = 322.7
| elevation_min_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
| elevation_min_m         =
<!-- Population, demographics -->
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{Dutch municipality population|dataref}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{Dutch municipality population|Vaals}}
| population_as_of        = {{MONTHNAME|{{Dutch municipality population|popbasemonth}}}} {{Dutch municipality population|popbaseyear}}
| population_density_km2  = {{Dutch municipality population density|Vaals}} <!-- For automatic calculation: auto-->
| population_demonym      = Vaalzer
<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in the Netherlands|Postcode]]
| postal_code             = 6290–6295
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the Netherlands|Area code]]
| area_code               = 043
| website                 = {{URL|1=http://www.vaals.nl}}
| footnotes               =
}}
[[File:Gem-Vaals-OpenTopo.jpg|265px|thumb|''Map of the municipality of Vaals, June 2015'']]

'''Vaals''' ({{IPA|nl|vaːls|lang|164 Vaals.ogg}}; {{langx|ksh|label=[[Vaals dialect]]|Vols}} {{IPA|ksh|vɔls|}}){{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Dutch province]] of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], itself in the southeast of the Netherlands. 

The municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Dutch municipality total area|Vaals}}|km2|abbr=on}}.It is situated in the western foothills of the [[Ardennes]]&ndash;[[Eifel]]range and lies some {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Maastricht]] and {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} west of the German city of [[Aachen]].

Vaals directly adjoins both Belgium and Germany. As such three national borders meet at a point known as the [[Vaalserberg|Drielandenpunt]] and very near the highest point in the Netherlands, the [[Vaalserberg]]. The Vaalserberg was previously known as "[[Saint Hubert|Hubertus]]berg", so named for the eighth century St.Hubertus.