Heers


Heers is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.

History

Merger municipality

The municipality of Heers was formed by several mergers. In 1971:
  • Heers was merged with Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven.
  • Mechelen-Bovelingen and Rukkelingen-Loon were merged to form Bovelingen municipality
  • Heks, Horpmaal, and Vechmaal were merged to form Heks municipality
  • Klein-Gelmen was merged with Gelinden, Engelmanshoven and Groot Gelmen to form Gelmen municipality
In 1977 the current municipality of Heers was formed by merging:
  • Heers municipality
  • Bovelingen municipality
  • Heks municipality
  • Klein-Gelmen village.