Heers (, ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
History
Merger municipality
The municipality of Heers was formed by several mergers. In 1971: Heers was merged with Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven. Mechelen-Bovelingen and Rukkelingen-Loon were merged to form Bovelingen municipality Heks, Horpmaal, and Vechmaal were merged to form Heks municipality Klein-Gelmen was merged with Gelinden, Engelmanshoven and Groot Gelmen to form Gelmen municipality
In 1977 the current municipality of Heers was formed by merging: Heers municipality Bovelingen municipality Heks municipality Klein-Gelmen village (The rest of Gelmen was merged into the municipality of Sint-Truiden).
References
External links
Site (personal) on Heers – Description of and historical information about each of the parishes of Heers