Oudsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌutsˌbɛrɣə(n)]; Limburgish: Audsberge [ˈawtsbæʀ(ə)ɣə]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode.
[2] The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalities to voluntarily merge.
The municipal councils of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode approved a merge in principle in November 2016.
Definitive approval occurred on 26 June 2017, which was ratified by Flemish decree of 4 May 2018 alongside several other merges, all to be effective per 1 January 2019.
CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (17 out of 27).