Diepenbeek

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Diepenbeek
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Diepenbeek (Limburg)
Diepenbeek
Diepenbeek
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : Limburg
District : Hasselt
Coordinates : 50 ° 54 '  N , 5 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 54 '  N , 5 ° 25'  E
Area : 41.19 km²
Residents: 19,031 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density: 462 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 3590
Prefix: 011
Mayor: Patrick Hermans (Puur Diepenbeek)

Local government address : 		Dorpsstraat 14
3590 Diepenbeek
Website: www.diepenbeek.be
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Diepenbeek ( Limburgish : Djoppenbeek ) is a Belgian municipality in the Flanders region with 19,031 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

geography

Hasselt is six kilometers northwest, the Dutch city ​​of Maastricht 18 kilometers east, Liège 30 kilometers south-east and Brussels around 75 kilometers west.

The districts of Diepenbeek are:
Bijenberg, het Crijt, Dorpheide, Keizel, Lutselus, Pampert, Piannesberg, Reitje, Rooierheide, Rozendaal, and Zwartveld.

Neighboring communities are Genk , Bilzen , Hoeselt , Kortessem and Hasselt .

traffic

The municipality has a motorway junction (30) on the A13 / E 313 and a regional train station on the Hasselt-Diepenbeek- Bilzen- Liège line.

Maastricht Aachen Airport and Liège Airport are the closest regional airports and Brussels-Zaventem International Airport is close to the capital Brussels .

education

Diepenbeek is a campus of the University of Hasselt .

Others

There is a weather station of the Belgian Meteorological Service in Diepenbeek .

Web links

Commons : Diepenbeek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ www.meteo.be (click on the place on the map)