Heers
- For the hamlet with the same name in the Netherlands, see: Heers, Netherlands.
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| — Municipality of Belgium — | |||
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 Heers
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| Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Region | Flemish Region | ||
| Community | Flemish Community | ||
| Province | Limburg | ||
| Arrondissement | Tongeren | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Gerald Kindermans (CD&V) | ||
| • Governing party/ies | CD&V, VLD | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 53.07 km2 (20.49 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2011)[1] | |||
| • Total | 7,090 | ||
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 3870 | ||
| Area codes | 011 | ||
| Website | www.heers.be | ||
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Map of Heers
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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).
Gallery
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Horpmaal, church: de Sint Lambertuskerk
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Vechmaal, church: de Sint Martinuskerk
External links
(Dutch) Site (personal) on Heers – Description of and historical information about each of the parishes of Heers
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