Heers

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Heers
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Flag of Heers
Coat of arms of Heers
Heers is located in Belgium
Heers
Heers
Location in Belgium
Location of Heers in Limburg
Heers Limburg Belgium Map.svg
Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E / 50.750; 5.283Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E / 50.750; 5.283
CountryBelgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceLimburg
ArrondissementTongeren
Government
 • MayorHenri Dumont (VLDumont)
 • Governing party/iesVLDumont
Area
 • Total53.07 km2 (20.49 sq mi)
Postal codes
3870
Area codes011
Websitewww.heers.be

Heers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrs] (listen), Limburgish: Hiër [ˈɦiəʀ])[tone?] 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

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)