Borgloon
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State : | Belgium | |
Region : | Flanders | |
Province : | Limburg | |
District : | Tongeren | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 48 ' N , 5 ° 21' E | |
Area : | 51.12 km² | |
Residents: | 10,906 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density: | 213 inhabitants per km² | |
Post Code: | 3840 | |
Prefix: | 012 | |
Mayor: | Danny Deneuker ( sp.a ) | |
Local government address : |
Speelhof 10 3840 Borgloon |
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Website: | www.borgloon.be |
Borgloon ( Limburgish : Loeën ) is a city in the Belgian province of Limburg . It has 10,906 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and an area of 51.12 km². The city of Borgloon is located south of the provincial capital Hasselt .
Localities
The municipality of Borgloon consists of the following localities: Borgloon itself, Bommershoven, Broekom, Gors-Opleeuw, Gotem, Groot-Loon, Hendrieken, Hoepertingen, Jesseren, Kerniel, Kuttekoven, Rijkel and Voort.
history
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1078 . Borgloon was the capital of County Loon .
Famous daughters and sons of the city
- Johann Lonaeus van den Bosch (Johannes Lonäus Boscius) (1514–1585): Physician and professor of rhetoric in Ingolstadt
Web links
Commons : Borgloon - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Loots in the Topographia Westphaliae (Matthäus Merian) - sources and full texts
- Official website (Dutch)