Koersel

Koersel is a village in the Belgian province of Limburg and is a submunicipality of Beringen. It was an independent municipality until 1977. It it has around 18,000 inhabitants.

History

Koersel was first mentioned in 1166 as Corsela; either from the Latin curticella: small farm, or from the Germanic Corsala: Cor's farm.
In 1909, started the construction of the and in October 1919 the first coal seam was reached at a depth of 623 metres. The football stadium of Koersel is Mijnstadion.