Nieuwerkerken
Sign in to saveNieuwerkerken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006, Nieuwerkerken had a total population of 6,606. The total area is 22.46 km2 which gives a population density of 294 inhabitants per km2. It consists of 4 villages: Binderveld, Wijer, Kozen and Nieuwerkerken. The current mayor is Dries Deferm (CD&V - Christian Democrats).
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Nieuwerkerken
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Pieterskerk.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Nieuwerkerken Limburg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Nieuwerkerken in Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Nieuwerkerken wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Nieuwerkerken vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Hasselt
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 71045
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Dries Deferm (CD&V)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3850
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 011
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.nieuwerkerken.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Hasselt
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 6960
- Area
- 22.46
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Geetbets
- Official website
- www.nieuwerkerken.be
- Image
- Nieuwerkerken - Sint-Pieterskerk.jpg
- Dialing code
- 011
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- Commons category
- Nieuwerkerken
- twinned administrative body
- San Casciano in Val di Pesa
- topic's main category
- Category:Nieuwerkerken
- postal code
- 3850
- annual number of weddings
- 25
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-11-48-03-60
- P13200
- 666
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Nieuwerkerken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006, Nieuwerkerken had a total population of 6,606. The total area is 22.46 km2 which gives a population density of 294 inhabitants per km2. It consists of 4 villages: Binderveld, Wijer, Kozen and Nieuwerkerken. The current mayor is Dries Deferm (CD&V - Christian Democrats).
The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Binderveld, Kozen, Nieuwerkerken proper, and Wijer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nieuwerkerken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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