Lommel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɔməl]) is a municipality and a city in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Kempen city has about 34,000 inhabitants and is part of the electoral district and the judicial district Lommel Neerpelt.
Lommel | |
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Location of Lommel in Limburg ![]() | |
Coordinates: 51°14′N 05°18′E | |
Country | Belgium |
Community | Flemish Community |
Region | Flemish Region |
Province | Limburg |
Arrondissement | Maaseik |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bob Nijs |
• Governing party/ies | CD&V, NV-A |
Area | |
• Total | 102.37 km2 (39.53 sq mi) |
Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 34,044 |
• Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
Postal codes | 3920 |
Area codes | 011 |
Website | www.lommel.be |
Besides residential town of Lommel also has a number of nature reserves, such as the nature reserve De Watering, the Lommel Sahara, and numerous forests and heathlands. Lommel is the third shopping city in Belgian Limburg with a commercial and shopping center De Singel. Importantly, the silver sand that is mined here for the benefit of the glass industry. Some sand mining quarries are transformed into nature reserves and recreational areas, including Lommel Sahara.
The city of Lommel is the watershed of the basins of the Scheldt, and Meuse, and within these basins Nete Dommel respectively.
The dialect of Lommel – the Lommel – is part of the East Brabant, and not to the West Limburg dialects, reflecting the particular history of the place.
The name comes from Lommel Loemelo. Loem means moist, swampy and Lo is forest or woodland.
All historical data relating to the current municipality, including towns such as arose after the merger of January 1, 1977.
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The city of Lommel is located in the electoral district Neerpelt (which is identical to the county district Neerpelt) and the electoral district Hasselt Tongeren-Maaseik (same as the constituency Limburg).
Lommel | Supranational | National | Community | Region | Province | Arrondissement | County district | Canton | Municipality | ||
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Administration | Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Maaseik | Limburg | Lommel | |||
Executive | European commission | Federal Government | Flemish Government | Provincial Executive | Mayor | ||||||
Elected body | European Parliament | Chamber of Representatives | Flemish Parliament | Provincial Council | Municipal Council | ||||||
Electoral area | Dutch-speaking electoral college | Limburg | Limburg | Hasselt-Tongeren-Maaseik | Maaseik | Neerpelt | Neerpelt | Lommel | |||
Elections | Europe | Federal | Regional | Provincial | Municipal |
Partij | 10-10-1976[2] | 10-10-1982 | 9-10-1988 | 9-10-1994 | 8-10-2000 | 8-10-2006[3] | 14-10-2012[4] | |||||||
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Stemmen / Zetels | % | 27 | % | 29 | % | 29 | % | 29 | % | 31 | % | 31 | % | 31 |
CVP1/CD&V2 | 49,181 | 14 | 38,031 | 13 | 33,221 | 11 | 26,791 | 9 | 25,241 | 9 | - | 19,682 | 7 | |
CD&V+N-VA | - | - | - | - | - | 28,55 | 9 | - | ||||||
VU1/VU&ID2 | 9,721 | 2 | 10,961 | 3 | 9,081 | 2 | - | 3,732 | 0 | - | - | |||
N-VA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17,20 | 6 | ||||||
PVV1/VLD2/VLD-VIVANT3/Open Vld4 | 9,561 | 2 | 6,551 | 1 | 11,561 | 3 | 13,182 | 3 | 12,692 | 4 | 10,903 | 3 | 9,294 | 2 |
SP | 31,55 | 9 | 37,57 | 12 | 39,51 | 13 | 46,21 | 16 | 47,75 | 17 | - | - | ||
sp.a-spirit | - | - | - | - | - | 42,44 | 15 | - | ||||||
Burgemeester | - | - | - | - | - | - | 40,33 | 15 | ||||||
AGALEV1/Groen2 | - | - | 3,21 | 0 | - | - | - | 4,342 | 0 | |||||
PVDA | - | 4,55 | 0 | 3,44 | 0 | 4,11 | 0 | - | - | - | ||||
Vlaams Blok1/Vlaams Belang2 | - | - | - | - | 7,171 | 1 | 9,772 | 2 | 3,982 | 0 | ||||
LGB | - | 2,34 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
BOOS | - | - | - | 7,86 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
HOOP | - | - | - | 1,85 | 0 | - | - | - | ||||||
LEL | - | - | - | - | 3,42 | 0 | - | - | ||||||
AKTIEF | - | - | - | - | - | 8,33 | 2 | 5,19 | 1 | |||||
Totaal stemmen | 14873 | 16710 | 18306 | 19495 | 20598 | 20452 | 21465 | |||||||
Opkomst % | 97,07 | 95,9 | 95,32 | 95,71 | 93,70 | |||||||||
Blanco en ongeldig % | 3,68 | 4,84 | 4,23 | 4,41 | 3,71 | 4,2 | 2,47 |
Since 2017 the European Open a Snooker ranking tournament of the World Snooker Tour took place in Lommel.
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Hasselt |
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Tongeren |
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