Kortessem (; li, Kotsoeve) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the

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province of

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

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 its ...

. On January 1, 2006, Kortessem had a total population of 8,074. The total area is 33.90 km² which gives a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

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 Onzelievehereboom was the name of a 1200-year-old oak tree in Kortessem, Belgium, dedicated by popular piety to ''Onze Lieve Here'', "Our Dear Lord". It was believed to be the oldest tree in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Bel ...

'': 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 politicia ...

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 Guillaume III de Lamboy de Dessener, 1590 to 1659, was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Army, who served in the 1618 to 1648 Thirty Years War, and the 1635 to 1659 Franco-Spanish War. Born in Kortessem, then in the Spanish Netherlands, now L ...

Wintershoven - Sint-Pietersbandenkerk.jpg, Church of Saint Peter in Chains in Wintershoven, Kortessem Kasteel van Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot, België.jpg, Castle Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot

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Kovok Kortessem: Volleybalteamkortessem.2link.be
Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium) {{LimburgBE-geo-stub