Today, Liège is the largest Walloon metropolis and the third largest urban area in Belgium. It has 200,000 inhabitants. It lies at the heart of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, covering Maastricht, Aachen and Hasselt. Liège may no longer be a state capital, but it still has some important roles: political (provincial capital), economic (the Vertbois site is the seat of the Walloon Region's economic institutions), judicial (Prosecutor's office, Courts and Tribunals), educational (dense network of secondary schools and higher education establishments), cultural, etc.