Eupen

Eupen
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Eupen Location in Belgium
Location of Eupen in the province of Liège
Coordinates: 50°38′N 06°02′E / 50.633°N 6.033°E / 50.633; 6.033Coordinates: 50°38′N 06°02′E / 50.633°N 6.033°E / 50.633; 6.033
Country	Belgium
Community	German-speaking Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Liège
Arrondissement	Verviers
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Klinkenberg (Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF)
• Governing party/ies	Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF), Ecolo, SPplus!
Area
• Total	103.74 km2 (40.05 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2016)
• Total	19,338
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Postal codes	4700, 4701
Area codes	087
Website	www.eupen.be

Eupen (German (pronounced [ˈʔɔʏpn̩]) and French (pronounced: [øpɛn]), previously known as Néau in French) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). The town is also the capital of the Euroregion Meuse-Rhine.

First mentioned in 1213 as belonging to the Duchy of Limburg, possession of Eupen passed to Brabant, Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire and France before being given in 1815 to Prussia, which joined the German Empire in 1870. In 1919, after the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles transferred Eupen and the nearby municipality of Malmedy from Germany to Belgium.