Kinrooi
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Flag of Kinrooi Flag Coat of arms of Kinrooi Coat of arms | |
Location of Kinrooi | |
Kinrooi is located in Belgium Kinrooi Kinrooi | |
| Coordinates: 51°09′N 05°45′E / 51.150°N 5.750°E / 51.150; 5.750 | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community |
| Region | Flemish Region |
| Province | Limburg |
| Arrondissement | Maaseik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jo Brouns [nl] (CD&V) Wim Rutten (interim mayor) |
| • Governing party/ies | CD&V |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.8 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2018年01月01日)[1] | |
• Total | 12,233 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 3640 |
| NIS code | 72018 |
| Area codes | 089 |
| Website | www.kinrooi.be |
Kinrooi (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɪnroːi] ; Limburgish: Kinder) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, between Maaseik and Bree. On January 1, 2006, Kinrooi had a total population of 11,978. The total area is 54.76 km2, which gives a population density of 219 inhabitants per km2.
Kinrooi was formed on September 18, 1971, when the four municipalities Kinrooi, Kessenich, Geistingen-Ophoven and Molenbeersel were fused. There have been three mayors. The current mayor is Jo Brouns.
History
[edit ]Before, Kinrooi was a hamlet of the village of Kessenich. The flag reminds to that; the clarions stood on the shield of Kessenich. After the independence of Belgium in 1839 it became a little municipality, together with some nearby hamlets. In 2005 there are prehistoric remains found in the center, when it was being renovated.
Economy
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Kinrooi's main economic activities are agriculture, tourism and the reclamation of gravel, sand and loam. The downside of this reclamation is that a lot of land surface gets lost. Tourism is also an important resource. Kinrooi attracts a lot of tourists because it has seven nature reserves that harbor rare animal and plant species, it has a marina and because it has several old windmills. Besides, there is a lot of watersporting, in the old gravel pools. One of them, lying in Ophoven, is now the greatest inner harbour of Europe.
Places of interest
[edit ]- The Lemmensmolen [nl], a windmill built in 1856
- Sint-Martinuskerk (Kinrooi) [nl], a neogotical church built in 1853
References
[edit ]- ^ "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Kinrooi at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Dutch)
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