Kortessem

Kortessem
Municipality

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Kortessem

Location in Belgium

Coordinates: 50°52′N 05°23′E / 50.867°N 5.383°E / 50.867; 5.383Coordinates: 50°52′N 05°23′E / 50.867°N 5.383°E / 50.867; 5.383
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.

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