Oost-Maarland

Oost-Maarland
Village
St Jozefkerk at Oost, also attended by inhabitants of Maarland
Oost-Maarland Location in the Netherlands Show map of Netherlands Oost-Maarland Location in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands Show map of Limburg, Netherlands
Coordinates: 50°47′41″N 5°42′47″E / 50.79472°N 5.71306°E / 50.79472; 5.71306
Country	Netherlands
Province	Limburg
Municipality	Eijsden-Margraten
Area [1]
• Total	1.10 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	56 m (184 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	950
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6245[1]
Dialing code	043
Major roads	A2

Oost-Maarland is a village in the south east of the European country Netherlands. There it is an administrative population centre in the Eijsden-Margraten municipality, which forms part of the province of Limburg. In fact Oost-Maarland consists of two separate places with a different history. One is the village and former municipality of Oost, whereas the other is an in a distance of a few hundred metres separately to the southeast situated township called Maarland.

Oost-Maarland is located some 3 km north of Eijsden, the biggest place in the municipality and 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) south of Maastricht, the provincial capital. In its northeast it borders Rijckholt and in its east and southeast the Sint Geertruid part of the Savelsbos hillside forest, which is part of the "Margraten plateau". In the west it borders the Meuse river, across which marks the border with Belgium, specifically the Liège province of Wallonia.

In between Maarland and this forest since a few decennia passes the E25 highway. In between Oost and Maarland passes the railroad Liège-Maastricht. The former station on this location however doesn't exist any more.

Of the total number of about 960 inhabitants Oost has some more than 600 and Maarland some more than 300.