The Arrondissement of Maastricht was an arrondissement

Arrondissement

Arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, certain other Francophone countries, and the Netherlands.-France:The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The capital of an arrondissement is called a...

 of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name used to refer to Kingdom of the Netherlands during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new kingdom of Belgium split out in 1830...

 until the Treaty of London in 1839. It was a part of the Province of Limburg, which also included the Hasselt

Arrondissement of Hasselt

The Arrondissement of Hasselt is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium.It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement...

 and Roermond

Arrondissement of Roermond

The Arrondissement of Roermond was an arrondissement of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until the Treaty of London in 1839. It was a part of the Province of Limburg, which also included the Hasselt and Maastricht. It was centred on the city of Roermond....

. It was centred on the city of Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

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Unlike the surrounding countryside, which was, captured by Belgian rebels during the Belgian Revolution

Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....

, the fortress of Maastricht remained loyal to the Dutch crown. As a result, the arrondissement was split between the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 and Belgium

Belgium

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, with the Belgian portion forming the rump of the new arrondissement of Tongeren

Arrondissement of Tongeren

The Arrondissement of Tongeren is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement...

 (which also absorbed the canton of Borgloon from Hasselt).

In the National Congress of Belgium

National Congress of Belgium

The Belgian National Congress was a temporary legislative assembly in 1830, established shortly after the Provisional Government of Belgium had proclaimed Belgian independence on October 4 of that year...

, Maastricht was represented by seven delegates, including Félix de Mérode

Félix de Mérode

Philippe Félix Balthasar Otto Ghislain, Count de Merode , known as Félix de Merode, was a Belgian politician....

, who served in the Provisional Government of Belgium

Provisional Government of Belgium

The Provisional Government was formed as a revolutionary committee of notables during the Belgian Revolution on September 24, 1830 at the Brussels City Hall under the name of Administrative Commission....

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An arrondissement of Maastricht had also existed as part of the department of Meuse-Inférieure

Meuse-Inférieure

Meuse-Inférieure is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. It is named after the river Meuse. Its capital was Maastricht....

 in the French First Empire.