Peer, Belgium
| Peer | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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  Peer Location in Belgium | |||
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Location of Peer in Limburg  | |||
| Coordinates: 51°08′N 05°28′E / 51.133°N 5.467°ECoordinates: 51°08′N 05°28′E / 51.133°N 5.467°E | |||
| Country | Belgium | ||
| Community | Flemish Community | ||
| Region | Flemish Region | ||
| Province | Limburg | ||
| Arrondissement | Maaseik | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Theo Kelchtermans (CD&V) | ||
| • Governing party/ies | CD&V, sp.a | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 86.95 km2 (33.57 sq mi) | ||
| Population (1 January 2013)[1] | |||
| • Total | 16,194 | ||
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) | ||
| Postal codes | 3990 | ||
| Area codes | 011 | ||
| Website | www.peer.be | ||
Peer is a municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Peer, Grote-Brogel, Kleine-Brogel, Wauberg, Erpekom and Wijchmaal.
Peer is the site of a famous annual blues music festival held in July.
History
The village Grote Brogel, part of Peer, claims to be the birthplace of Pieter Bruegel.[2] The Bruegel Foundation was also founded in Peer to research the history of Peer and Pieter Bruegel.
Kleine Brogel, a village that is a part of Peer, includes Kleine Brogel Air Base. Rumours that American nuclear weapons under the NATO nuclear sharing program were stationed at Kleine Brogel have never been officially confirmed,[3] but are now known to be true. A cable from the American Embassy in Brussels from Nov. 2009 - published by Wikileaks - not only confirms their existence, but also informs that the Belgian government rejected a proposal from Germany to propose to the rest of NATO that the nuclear weapons be removed from both countries (as well as those stationed in the Netherlands and Italy).[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Peer | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.1 (70) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.45 (58.01) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
7.2 (45) |
11.1 (52) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.9 (48) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.06 (41.12) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.3 (2.846) |
57.1 (2.248) |
73.3 (2.886) |
50.5 (1.988) |
63.8 (2.512) |
84.9 (3.343) |
68.7 (2.705) |
62.7 (2.469) |
66.8 (2.63) |
66.0 (2.598) |
76.2 (3) |
79.7 (3.138) |
822 (32.363) |
| Average precipitation days | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 135 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organisation (UN) [5] | |||||||||||||
Peer has in the summer quite a nice temperature, around 20 degrees Celsius. In the winter it normally snows.
References
- ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
- ↑ "Bruegelkring - Bruegel Foundation".
- ↑ "Kleine Brogel dossier". Mother Earth.
- ↑ "09BRUSSELS1580, SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN". Wikileaks. 2009-11-24.
- ↑ "World Weather Information Service – Peer". United Nations. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
External links
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Media related to Peer, Belgium at Wikimedia Commons
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