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Heusden-Zolder is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
 near Hasselt
Hasselt

||-||-||}Hasselt is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium, and capital of the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of Limburg . The Hasselt municipality includes the city of Hasselt and the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst....
. On January 1 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total area is 53.23 kmē which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 578 inhabitants per kmē.

Heusden-Zolder was the result of the merger on January 1 1977 of the two former municipalities of Heusden
Heusden

Heusden is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the cities Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch....
 and Zolder
Zolder

The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 4.011 km motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s....
. Heusden exists out of the parishes Heusden centre, Berkenbos and Eversel
Eversel

Eversel is a small village in Heusden that is part of the municipality of Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It is located in the northwestern corner of the municipality....
.






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Heusden-Zolder is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
 near Hasselt
Hasselt

||-||-||}Hasselt is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium, and capital of the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of Limburg . The Hasselt municipality includes the city of Hasselt and the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst....
. On January 1 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total area is 53.23 kmē which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 578 inhabitants per kmē.

Heusden-Zolder was the result of the merger on January 1 1977 of the two former municipalities of Heusden
Heusden

Heusden is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the cities Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch....
 and Zolder
Zolder

The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 4.011 km motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s....
. Heusden exists out of the parishes Heusden centre, Berkenbos and Eversel
Eversel

Eversel is a small village in Heusden that is part of the municipality of Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. It is located in the northwestern corner of the municipality....
. Zolder consists out of Zolder centre, Boekt
Boekt

Boekt is a small village in Zolder that is part of the municipality of Heusden-Zolder, Belgium....
, Viversel, Bolderberg and Lindeman.

Heusden-Zolder is the home to almost 2000 immigrants from all over the world. This is due to the (now closed) coal mine of Zolder. During the 1960s the Belgian coal mines had an enormous shortage of employees. For that reason they paid a lot of money to foreigners who wanted to come and work here. After the closure of the mines (the one in Zolder was the last one in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg to close in 1992) most of them chose to stay rather than go back to their home country. This makes Heusden-Zolder a very multicultural place.

The town hall is located in Zolder centre since the merger. It's a great building made of glass. As a compromise the former town hall of Heusden is now used instead by the local social security
Social security

Social security primarily refers to a social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others....
 department (OCMW). Heusden-Zolder has got one hospital: the Sint-Franciscushospital and one secondary school, the Sint-Franciscuscollege. This school is splitted up in two parts: one in Heusden centre and one in Berkenbos. Heusden-Zolder has also got one railway station, called 'Zolder station'. Heusden-Zolder is also accessible via the Albert Canal
Albert Canal

The Albert Canal is a canal located in northeastern Belgium, named after Albert I of Belgium. It connects the major cities Antwerp and Li?ge and the Meuse River and Scheldt rivers....
 and the highway 'E314
E314

E314 or E-314 may be:* Guaiacum or E314: the E-number of an antioxidant.* European route E314: a European route class B road, connecting the Belgian city Leuven with the German city Aachen....
'.

Places of interest

  • The Circuit Terlaemen
    Zolder

    The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 4.011 km motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s....
    , former home to the Formula One
    Formula One

    Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
     Belgian Grand Prix
    Belgian Grand Prix

    The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship.The first national race of Belgium was held in 1925 at the Spa, Belgium region's race course, an area of the country that had been associated with motor sport since the very early years of racing before the turn of the century....
     and host of the 2007 Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix
    Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix

    The Belgian Champ Car Grand Prix was an annual race of the Champ Car World Series, and is an open-wheel race on the permanent road course at the circuit of Zolder, Belgium....
    . Also the 1969 and 2002 UCI Road World Championships
    UCI Road World Championships

    The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale ....
    , the 2002 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
    UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

    The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale consists of both a men's and women's cyclo-cross world championship:...
     and the 2003 Motocross des Nations
    Motocross des Nations

    The Motocross des Nations motocross race is an annual "team" event, where riders representing their country meet at what is billed as the Olympics. The event has been staged since 1947, where the team of Bill Nicholson, Fred Rist and Bob Ray, representing Great Britain, took home the Chamberlain Trophy for the first time....
     were held at this same location.
  • Castle of Meylandt, a castle donated to Heusden-Zolder from the de Theux de Meylandt
    B. T. de Theux de Meylandt

    Barth?lemy Th?odore, Count de Theux de Meylandt was a Belgium Roman Catholic politician. He was born in the castle of Schabroek in Sint-Truiden on 26 February 1794....
     family. It is currently used as an artschool.
  • De Veen, an athletics
    Athletics (track and field)

    Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
     stadium
    Stadium

    A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
     that yearly hosts the KBC Nacht van de Atletiek, the second most important athletics meeting in Belgium after the world famous Memorial Van Damme
    Memorial Van Damme

    Memorial van Damme is an annual Athletics event at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium that takes place on August 26 as the fifth part of the IAAF Golden League....
     in Brussels
    Brussels

    Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
    .


Famous activities

  • De Revue, comical theatre play in the Heusden dialect.


Famous inhabitants

  • Evil Superstars
    Evil Superstars

    Evil Superstars was a Belgium indie rock band led by Mauro Pawlowski. Among its members was Millionaire and Eagles of Death Metal guitarist Tim Vanhamel....
    , indie rock
    Indie rock

    Indie rock is alternative rock that most notably exists in the Independent music underground music scene. It primarily refers to rock musicians that are or were unsigned, or have signed to independent record labels, rather than major record labels....
     band
  • Regi Penxten
    Regi Penxten

    Regi Penxten is a Belgian DJ and record producer, of numerous dance and trance projects in Belgium, including Milk Inc. and Sylver.At the end of 2007, he released his first solo-album REGIstrated which received a golden record before its release....
    , Milk Inc.
    Milk Inc.

    Milk Inc. is a Music of Belgium vocal trance musical group. Up to date the group has released five full-length recording studio albums and a total of 30 single ....
     and DJ
  • Sonja Claes, mayor


External links

  • - Only available in Dutch
    Dutch language

    Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...