Heers

For the hamlet with the same name in the Netherlands, see: Heers, Netherlands.

Heers
Municipality
Vechmaal: Sint Martinus church
Flag Coat of arms
Heers Location in Belgium
Location of Heers in Limburg
Coordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°ECoordinates: 50°45′N 05°17′E / 50.750°N 5.283°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Limburg
Arrondissement	Tongeren
Government
• Mayor	Gerald Kindermans (CD&V)
• Governing party/ies	CD&V, VLD
Area
• Total	53.07 km^2 (20.49 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	7,103
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Postal codes	3870
Area codes	011
Website	www.heers.be

Heers 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

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)

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 (Dutch)