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Lommel
Sign in to saveLommel () is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. Lying in the Kempen, it has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the arrondissement of Maaseik.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Lommel
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Lommel - Sint-Pietersbandenkerk.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- St. Peter in Chains Church
- Belgium municipality.map
- Lommel Limburg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Lommel in Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Lommel wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Lommel vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Maaseik
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 72020
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Bob Nijs (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V, N-VA
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3920
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 011
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.lommel.be
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12 sectionsContents
- Language
- Etymology
- Demographic development
- Politics
- Structure
- List of mayors of Lommel
- Results municipal elections since 1976
- Sporting events
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Lommel () is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. Lying in the Kempen, it has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the arrondissement of Maaseik.
Besides the residential town, Lommel also has a number of nature reserves, such as the nature reserve De Watering, the Lommel Sahara, and numerous forests and heathlands. Lommel is the third shopping city in Belgian Limburg with a commercial and shopping center De Singel. Importantly, the silver sand that is mined here for the benefit of the glass industry. Some sand mining quarries are transformed into nature reserves and recreational areas, including Lommel Sahara.