Heers
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Flag of Heers
Coat of arms of Heers
Location of Heers
Heers is located in Belgium
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; 5.283
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceLimburg
ArrondissementTongeren
Government
  MayorKristof Pirard (VLDumont)
  Governing party/iesVLDumont
Area
  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 codes011
Websitewww.heers.be

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

History

Merger municipality

Horpmaal, church: de Sint Lambertuskerk

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

  1. "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)
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