Peer () is a

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and

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located in the province of

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. On January 1, 2006, Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 km² which gives a

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of 182 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Peer, Grote-Brogel, Kleine-Brogel, Wauberg, Erpekom and

Wijchmaal Wijchmaal is a village in the province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Belgium, which since 1977 has been a subdivision of the municipality of Peer, Belgium, Peer. It is located on the low Campine, Kempen plateau and has predominantly sandy soil. T ...

. Peer is the site of , an annual

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music festival held in July.

History

Peer is the birth place of the composer Armand Preud'homme. From 1990 to 2018 the Armand Preud'homme Museum remembered to his life and work. The village Grote-Brogel, part of Peer, claims to be the birthplace of Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Bruegel. The Bruegel Foundation was also founded in Peer to research the history of Peer and Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter Bruegel. Kleine-Brogel, a village that is a part of Peer, includes Kleine Brogel Air Base. Rumours that United States, American nuclear weapons under the NATO nuclear sharing program were stationed at Kleine Brogel were eventually confirmed by Ministry of Defence (Belgium), Minister of Defence Pieter De Crem in 2008.

Climate

Peer has in the summer quite a nice temperature, around 20 degrees Celsius. In the winter it normally snows.

References

External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)