Eijsden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛizdə(n)] ⓘ; Limburgish: Èèsjde [ˈɛːʒdə]) is a village situated in the very south of the European country the Netherlands.

The Meuse river, coming from France and Belgium, here enters its third and final flowing country, the Netherlands.

Running northward to Eijsden's west it locally forms the westerly frontier of the last mentioned country with Belgium.

After the (feudal) Middle Ages, in the seventeenth century Eijsden gained in economic strength because of its position near the Dutch-Belgian frontier on the Meuse river.

The other population centres (now all part of "Eijsden-Margraten") were: Nowadays the administrative population centre of Eijsden in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten is formed by several neighbourhoods of which most are more or less separately situated and have their own history: Apart from trading and shipping, the Eijsden economy traditionally has had an agricultural character, with a focus on fruit growing.