Peer, Belgium

Peer
Municipality

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Peer

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 51°08′N 05°28′E / 51.133°N 5.467°E / 51.133; 5.467Coordinates: 51°08′N 05°28′E / 51.133°N 5.467°E / 51.133; 5.467
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
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.

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