Lommel

Lommel
	Lommel
	Lommel
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Limburg
District :	Maaseik
Coordinates :	51 ° 14 ′ N , 5 ° 19 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ N , 5 ° 19 ′ E
Area :	102.37 km²
Residents:	34,079 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	333 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	3920
Prefix:	011
Mayor:	Peter Vanvelthoven ( sp.a )
; Local government address :	Huis van de Stad ; Hertog Janplein 1 ; 3920 Lommel
Website:	www.lommel.be

Lommel is a city in the Flemish region in Belgium with 34,079 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019). Lommel belongs to the province of Limburg .

The city is located south of Eindhoven , right on the border with the Netherlands . In the south it touches the military training area Kamp van Beverlo . The Kempen Canal runs north through the municipality, and in the western district of Blauwe Kei the branch canal Kanaal naar Beverlo branches off, ending in the garrison town of Leopoldsburg . Lommel was the starting point for Operation Garden in 1944 . It is the location of the Lommel military cemetery , the largest German military cemetery from the Second World War in other European countries.

Sporting events

The European Masters, a snooker tournament of the Snooker Main Tour , has been taking place in Lommel since 2017 .

Bus accident in 2012

On March 13, 2012 at around 9:15 p.m., a bus accident occurred in a section of the A9 tunnel in Sierre , in which 22 children and 6 adults died, including 15 children and 2 supervisors from the municipal primary school 't Stekske in Lommel-Kolonie, 7 Schoolchildren and 2 supervisors from the St. Lambert School in Heverlee and 2 bus drivers. The funeral service took place in the sports hall on March 21, 2012.

photos

town hall
Sint-Pietersbandenkerk
Joe's Bridge
Bunker on the Kempen Canal
Glass museum

sons and daughters of the town

Johan Devrindt (* 1945), football player
Luk Perceval (* 1957), theater director
Gerrit Schellens (* 1966), triathlete
Marc Goossens (* 1969), automobile racing driver
Eddy Leppens (* 1969), billiards player
Kevin Hulsmans (* 1978), racing cyclist
Pieter Mertens (* 1980), racing cyclist
Johan Vansummeren (* 1981), racing cyclist
Steven van Broeckhoven (* 1985), windsurfer, PWA Freestyle World Champion 2011, five-time EFPT European Freestyle Champion

Web links

Commons : Lommel - collection of images, videos and audio files

Community website

Individual evidence

↑ Brjats - Jachthaven te lommel - Historiek. (No longer available online.) In: bryac.be. Archived from the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2017 .
↑ Update busongeval Sierre, Zwitserland. (Update on the bus accident in Sierre, Switzerland). (No longer available online.) Lommel parish, archived from the original on September 4, 2012 ; accessed on May 28, 2020 (Dutch).
↑ United in grief and loss - bus accident with 28 deaths in Switzerland. faz.net, accessed March 14, 2012 .
↑ Tragic end of a school trip: 28 dead in a bus accident. diepresse.com, accessed on March 14, 2012 .
↑ Moving farewell to the victims ( Memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Brjats - Jachthaven te lommel - Historiek. (No longer available online.) In: bryac.be. Archived from the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2017 .

[2] Update busongeval Sierre, Zwitserland. (Update on the bus accident in Sierre, Switzerland). (No longer available online.) Lommel parish, archived from the original on September 4, 2012 ; accessed on May 28, 2020 (Dutch).

[3] United in grief and loss - bus accident with 28 deaths in Switzerland. faz.net, accessed March 14, 2012 .

[4] Tragic end of a school trip: 28 dead in a bus accident. diepresse.com, accessed on March 14, 2012 .

[5] Moving farewell to the victims ( Memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )