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Heers
Municipality
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Flag of Heers
Flag
 Coat of arms of Heers
Coat of arms
Heers is located in Belgium
Heers
Heers
Location in Belgium
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Limburg
Arrondissement Tongeren
Area
 • Total 53.07 km2 (20.49 sq mi)
Population
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Postal codes
3870
Area codes 011
Website www.heers.be

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

History

Merger municipality

Horpmaal, de Sint Lambertuskerk foto2 2012-07-01 16.15
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).
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