Editing Raeren

{{Short description|Municipality in Liège province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
| name = Raeren
| picture = Raeren-Gemeentehuis.JPG
| picture-legend = Raeren town hall
| map = Raeren Liège Belgium Map.svg
| map-legend = Location of Raeren in the province of Liège
| arms = BE Raeren COA.svg
| flag = Flagge Raeren.svg
| region = {{BE-REG-WAL}}
| community = {{BE-DE}}
| province = {{BE-PROV-LG}}
| arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Verviers|Verviers]]
| nis = 63061
| pyramid-date = 
| 0-19 = 
| 20-64 = 
| 65 = 
| foreigners = 
| foreigners-date = 
| mayor = Jérôme Franssen
| majority = Mit Uns - [[Ecolo]]
| postal-codes = 4730–4731
| telephone-area = 087
| web = [http://www.raeren.be/ www.raeren.be]
| coordinates = {{coord|50|41|N|06|07|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Raeren''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʁaːʁən|-|De-Raeren.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of the [[east Belgium|German speaking community of Belgium]] located in the [[Wallonia|Walloon]] [[Liège Province|province of Liège]]. It was part of [[German Empire|Germany]] until the [[First World War]], after which it became part of Belgium. It is one of several towns in eastern Belgium which predominantly speak [[German language|German]].

On 1 January 2006, Raeren had a total population of 10,091. The total area is 74.21&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 136 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|sub-municipalities]]: [[Eynatten]], [[Hauset]], and Raeren proper.

[[Mathias Cormann]], the former [[Minister for Finance (Australia)|Minister for Finance]] of Australia and current [[Secretary-General of the OECD]], was raised in Raeren.<ref name=Cormann>{{cite news|last=Kitney|first=Geoff|title=Mathias Cormann: A tale of two lives|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/mathias-cormann-a-tale-of-two-lives-20140502-zr37g.html|access-date=2 May 2014|newspaper=The Age|date=2 May 2014}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
Its {{ill|Raeren railway station|de|https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnstrecke Welkenraedt–Raeren#BahnhofRaeren}} was the hub and headquarters of the [[Vennbahn]] railway.

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Image:Raeren, Sankt Nikolauskirche foto1 2010-09-04 15.57.JPG|Raeren, church: Sankt Nikolauskirche
Image:BurgRaeren02.jpg|Raeren Castle
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[List of protected heritage sites in Raeren]]
* [[German-speaking community of Belgium]]
* [[Vlattenhaus]]

==References==
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Raeren
|N  = [[Aachen]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|E  = [[Aachen]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])<br/>[[Roetgen]] ([[Germany|DE]]-[[North Rhine-Westphalia|NW]])
|S  = [[Eupen]]
|W  = [[Lontzen]]<br/>[[Eupen]]
|NW = [[Kelmis]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Liège}}
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