Heers
Municipality in Limburg province, Belgium
Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium
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Coat of arms
Location of Heers
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Heers
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Location of Heers in Limburg
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(2018-01-01)[1]
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Heers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrs] ⓘ, Limburgish: Hiër [ˈɦiəʀ])[tone?] is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
History
Merger municipality
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).
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)
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