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Municipality in Limburg province, Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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History

Merger municipality

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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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