Kortessem (; li, Kotsoeve) is a
municipality
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located in the
Belgian
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province of
Limburg near
Hasselt
Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is known for its former branding as "the city of taste", as well as ...
. On January 1, 2006, Kortessem had a total population of 8,074. The total area is 33.90 km² which gives a
population density
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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.
Since 16 May 2014
Herman Van Rompuy
Herman Achille, Count Van Rompuy (; born 31 October 1947) is a Belgian politician, who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 2008 to 2009 and then as the first permanent president of the European Council from 2009 to 2014.
A politici ...
is an honorary citizen.
Since 1990 the most famous party of Vlaanderen, Nacht van de Hoegaarden, was made in Kortessem
Gallery
File:Dessener1.png, Dessener Castle, former residence of Field Marshal Guillaume de Lamboy, Baron of Cortesheim
Wintershoven - Sint-Pietersbandenkerk.jpg, Church of Saint Peter in Chains in Wintershoven, Kortessem
Kasteel van Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot, België.jpg, Castle Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot
References
External links
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Kovok Kortessem: Volleybalteamkortessem.2link.be
Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)
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