Heers

Municipality in Limburg province, Belgium

Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium

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Location of Heers

Heers

Location in Belgium

Location of Heers in Limburg

Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E / 50.750; 5.283Country

BelgiumCommunityFlemish CommunityRegionFlemish RegionProvinceLimburgArrondissementTongerenGovernment

• MayorKristof Pirard (VLDumont) • Governing party/iesVLDumontArea

• Total53.06 km² (20.49 sq mi)Population

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total7,290 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Postal codes

3870

NIS code

73022

Area codes011Websitewww.heers.be

Heers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrs] ^ⓘ, Limburgish: Hiër [ˈɦiəʀ])^[tone?] is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.

History

The municipality of Heers was formed by several mergers. In 1971:

Heers was merged with Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven.
Mechelen-Bovelingen and Rukkelingen-Loon were merged to form Bovelingen municipality
Heks, Horpmaal, and Vechmaal were merged to form Heks municipality
Klein-Gelmen was merged with Gelinden, Engelmanshoven and Groot Gelmen to form Gelmen municipality

In 1977 the current municipality of Heers was formed by merging:

Heers municipality
Bovelingen municipality
Heks municipality
Klein-Gelmen village (The rest of Gelmen was merged into the municipality of Sint-Truiden).

^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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)