Kelmis
| Kelmis | ||
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View of Kelmis | ||
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  Kelmis Location in Belgium | ||
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Location of Kelmis in the province of Liège  | ||
| Coordinates: 50°42′N 06°00′E / 50.700°N 6.000°ECoordinates: 50°42′N 06°00′E / 50.700°N 6.000°E | ||
| Country | Belgium | |
| Community | German-speaking Community | |
| Region | Wallonia | |
| Province | Liège | |
| Arrondissement | Verviers | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Louis Goebbels | |
| • Governing party/ies | PFF | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 18.12 km2 (7.00 sq mi) | |
| Population (1 January 2013)[1] | ||
| • Total | 10,874 | |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| Postal codes | 4720–4728 | |
| Area codes | 087 | |
| Website | www.kelmis.be | |
Kelmis (in French: La Calamine) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Kelmis had a total population of 10,396. The total area is 18.12 km² which gives a population density of 574 inhabitants per km².
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Kelmis proper, Hergenrath, and Neu-Moresnet.
The territory around the Vieille Montagne zinc mine in Kelmis was semi-independent from 1816 to 1919 as Neutral Moresnet, with the Mayor of Kelmis as head of state.
In the nineteenth century a Low Dietsch dialect was spoken in Kelmis. Today Kelmis is bilingual: German and French and one of the nine municipalities of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Church in the centre of Kelmis
See also
References
- ↑ Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)
External links
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Media related to Kelmis at Wikimedia Commons
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Vaalserberg (Three-Country Point) | Aachen (DE-NW) | | |
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