Editing Voeren (section)

{{short description|Municipality in Limburg Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Voeren
|namefr           = Fourons
|picture          = Sint Martens Voeren.JPG
|picture-legend   = Sint-Martens-Voeren
|map              = Voeren Limburg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Voeren in Limburg
|arms             = Voeren wapen2.svg
|flag             = Voeren vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LI}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tongeren|Tongeren]]
|nis              = 73109
|pyramid-date=01/01/2006
|0–19=
|20–64=
|65=
|foreigners=24,73
|foreigners-date=01/07/2006
|mayor            = Joris Gaens ([[Voerbelangen]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority         = Voerbelangen
|postal-codes     = 3790, 3791, 3792, 3793, 3798
|telephone-area   = 04
|web              = [http://www.voeren.be/ www.voeren.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|45|N|05|47|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:Veltmanshuis.jpg|thumb|Culture centre Veltmanshuis at Sint Martens Voeren. Hendrik Veltmans was a local priest and an inspiring Flamingant (advocate of the Dutch-speaking ("Flemish") cause)]]
'''Voeren''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈvuːrə(n)|-|Nl-Voeren.ogg}}; {{Langx|fr|Fourons}} {{IPA|fr|fuʁɔ̃|}}) is a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[Dutch language|Dutch-speaking]] [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]]  with [[Municipalities with language facilities|facilities]] for the [[Walloons|French-speaking minority]], located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. Bordering the [[Netherlands]] to the north and the [[Wallonia]] region's [[Liège Province]] ({{Langx|nl|Luik}}) to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an [[Enclave and exclave|exclave]] of Flanders. Voeren's name is derived from that of a small right-bank tributary of the [[Meuse]], the [[Voer]], which flows through the municipality.

The current municipality of Voeren was established by the municipal reform of 1977. On 1 January 2008, Voeren had a total population of 4,207. Its total area is {{convert|50.63|km2|abbr=on}}, giving a [[population density]] of {{convert|83|PD/sqkm}}. About 25% of the population is made up of foreign nationals, most of whom have [[Dutch people|Dutch]] nationality.