 The name of this new 'administrative centre' became "Oost-Maarland".On January 1, 2011 the Eijsden municipality merged with the neighbouring municipality of Margraten and so Oost became part of the Eijsden-Margraten municipality.The name "Oost-Maarland" could lead to some confusion as "Oost" is also the Dutch word for "East", so it might be expected to be the eastern part of the merged village (or a place called Maarland).