Heusden-Zolder is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On January 1, 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total area is 53.23 km² which gives a population density of 578 inhabitants per km².
Heusden-Zolder was the result of the merger on January 1 1977 of the two former municipalities of Heusden and Zolder. Heusden exists out of the parishes Heusden centre, Berkenbos and Eversel. Zolder consists out of Zolder centre, Boekt, Viversel, Bolderberg and Lindeman.
Heusden-Zolder is the home to almost 2000 immigrants from all over the world. This is due to the (now closed) coal mine of Zolder. During the 1960s the Belgian coal mines had an enormous shortage of employees. For that reason they paid a lot of money to foreigners who wanted to come and work here. After the closure of the mines (the one in Zolder was the last one in Belgium to close in 1992) most of them chose to stay rather than go back to their home country. This makes Heusden-Zolder a very multicultural place.
The town hall is located in Zolder centre since the merger. As a compromise the former town hall of Heusden is now used instead by the local social security department (OCMW).
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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