Heers
Heers | |
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Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church | |
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![]() ![]() Heers Location in Belgium
show Location of Heers in Limburg | |
Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°ECoordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community |
Region | Flemish Region |
Province | Limburg |
Arrondissement | Tongeren |
Government | |
• Mayor | Henri Dumont |
• Governing party/ies | VLD |
Area | |
• Total | 53.07 km2 (20.49 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 7,290 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 3870 |
Area codes | 011 |
Website | www.heers.be |
Heers is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Since 1971 it comprises the parishes Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven, and since 1977 also Mechelen-Bovelingen, Rukkelingen-Loon (which in 1971 had formed Bovelingen), Heks, Horpmaal, Vechmaal (which in 1971 had formed Heks), and Klein-Gelmen (which between 1971 and 1977 had been part of Gelmen, during those years a separate municipality of which the other parishes now belong to the municipality of Sint-Truiden).
Horpmaal, church: de Sint Lambertuskerk
References[]
- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links[]
Media related to Heers at Wikimedia Commons
- Site (personal) on Heers – Description of and historical information about each of the parishes of Heers (in Dutch)
Categories:
- Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)
- Belgian Limburg geography stubs