Kortenaken

Kortenaken
Kortenaken
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Flemish Brabant
District :	Lions
Coordinates :	50 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 4'  E
Area :	49.10 km²
Residents:	7875 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density:	160 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	3470-3473
Prefix:	011, 013 and 016
Mayor:	Patrick Vandijck ( Open VLD )
Local government address :	Dorpsplein 35 3470 Kortenaken
Website:	www.kortenaken.be

Kortenaken is a municipality with 7875 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Flemish Brabant in the Kingdom of Belgium . It consists of the districts of Kortenaken , Hoeleden , Kersbeek-Miskom , Ransberg and Waanrode .

Leuven is 24 km to the west, Liège is 46 km to the southeast and Brussels is about 48 km to the west.

The next motorway exits are at Bekkevoort and Halen on the A 2 .
In Diest , Hasselt , Sint-Truiden and Tienen are the next regional stations .
The airports of Liège and Maastricht are the closest regional airports and Brussels National near the capital is an international airport.

Personalities

• Jozef Schils (1931–2007), racing cyclist

coat of arms

Description: The coat of arms is quartered .

1. In the first field in silver three red balls placed diagonally to the right,
2. the second field in black shows the Brabant lion covered with a five-lobed blue tournament collar ,
3. in the third field five rows of iron hats are interrupted by a golden right upper corner with three red hammers placed on the right (2,1) and
4. in the last fourth field in gold two black bars .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality (Dutch)