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Bocholt (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; Limburgish: Bóggetj [ˈboɣətʃ]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2021, Bocholt had a total population of 13,144. The total area is 59.34 km 2 which gives a population density of 208 inhabitants per km 2. [2]
The municipal councils definitively approved the merger on 18 December 2017. Neerpelt and Overpelt thus ceased to exist on 31 December 2018. A day later, on 1 January 2019, Pelt officially became a new municipality in Limburg. [3] The merged municipality has an area of 83.63 km 2 and counts more than 32,000 inhabitants.
Historically Belgian Limburg is roughly equivalent to the Dutch-speaking part of the secular lordship of the medieval Prince-Bishopric of Liège, which was dominated by the County of Loon. The province of Limburg has an area of 2,427 km 2 (937 sq mi) which comprises three arrondissements (arrondissementen in Dutch) containing 44 municipalities.
Oudsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌutsˌbɛrɣə(n)]; Limburgish: Audsberge [ˈawtsbæʀ(ə)ɣə]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode. The merged municipality has an area of 116.24 km 2 and a population of 23,520 people ...
Hamont-Achel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦaːmɔnt ˈɑxəl]; Limburgish: Haëmet-Achel) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. It was founded in 1977 by a fusion of the city Hamont and the village Achel. On January 1, 2020, Hamont-Achel had a total population of 14.294.
Arrondissements of Belgium are subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium.There are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.
Maaseik (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmaːsɛik]; Limburgish: Mezeik) is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.Both in size (close to 77 km 2) and in population (approx. 25,000 inhabitants, of whom some 3,000 non-Belgian), it is the 8th largest municipality in Limburg.
Overpelt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈoːvərˌpɛlt], lit. ' Upper Pelt ') is a town in the municipality of Pelt and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.