Official website (https://www.zonhoven.be/)
Zonhoven
Sign in to saveZonhoven (; ) is a municipality located in the middle of the Belgian province of Limburg located north of Hasselt and also borders Houthalen-Helechteren, Genk and Heusden-Zolder. It’s an urbanized municipality, in the edge area of Hasselt. The municipality belongs to the On January 1, 2019, Zonhoven had a total population of 21,237. The total area is 39.34 km2 which gives a population density of 506 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Zonhoven
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Oud gemeentehuis zonhoven.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Former town hall of Zonhoven
- Belgium municipality.map
- Zonhoven Limburg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Zonhoven in Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Zonhoven wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Zonhoven.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Hasselt
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 71066
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Bram De Raeve (Open Vld)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Open Vld
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3520
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 011 - 089
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.zonhoven.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Startpagina - Gemeente Zonhoven
Officiële site van de gemeente Zonhoven met nieuws, activiteitenkalender, informatie over de diensten en een e-loket.
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Zonhovenaar
- Population
- 21214
- Area
- 39.34
- Official website
- www.zonhoven.be
- Image
- Kerk zonhoven.jpg
- Dialing code
- 089
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- native label
- Zonhoven
- Commons category
- Zonhoven
- postal code
- 3520
- annual number of weddings
- 87
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-11-81-04-11
Sources (9)
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Demography
- Sport
- Education
- Notable persons born/raised in Zonhoven
- Products of Zonhoven
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Zonhoven (; ) is a municipality located in the middle of the Belgian province of Limburg located north of Hasselt and also borders Houthalen-Helechteren, Genk and Heusden-Zolder. It’s an urbanized municipality, in the edge area of Hasselt. The municipality belongs to the On January 1, 2019, Zonhoven had a total population of 21,237. The total area is 39.34 km2 which gives a population density of 506 inhabitants per km2.
Archaeological findings from the period 11,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE, including the only fixed prehistoric polishing stone in Flanders, indicate early inhabitation of the territory. From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, Zonhoven and its neighboring villages belonged to the Land of Vogelsanck. Since the arrival of industry in the 19th and 20th centuries, the municipality has experienced a significant population increase: between 1930 and 1980, the population tripled. Iron ore mining, in particular, played a prominent role in the economy of Zonhoven.
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