Kortessem

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Kortessem
Municipality
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Flag of Kortessem
Flag		 Coat of arms of Kortessem
Coat of arms
Kortessem is located in Belgium
Kortessem
Kortessem
Location in Belgium
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Location of Kortessem in Limburg
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Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Limburg
Arrondissement Tongeren
Government
 • Mayor Hugo Philtjens (VLD)
 • Governing party/ies VLD
Area
 • Total 33.90 km2 (13.09 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
 • Total 8,400
 • Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Postal codes 3720-3724
Area codes 011
Website www.kortessem.be

Kortessem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006, Kortessem had a total population of 8,074. The total area is 33.90 km² which gives a population density of 238 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Kortessem, Guigoven, Vliermaal, Vliermaalroot, and Wintershoven.

Up until its destruction by a storm in 2009, Kortessem was the home of the Onzelievehereboom: a 1200-year-old oak.

Gallery

  • Church of Saint Peter in Chains in Wintershoven, Kortessem

  • Castle Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot

References

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External links

 Hasselt Diepenbeek
Alken
Wellen		 Hoeselt
  Kortessem  
Borgloon
Tongeren


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