Editing Herstappe

{{Short description|Municipality in Limburg province of Belgium}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Herstappe
|picture          = Herstappe lucht 1.jpg
|picture-legend   = Aerial view of Herstappe
|map              = Herstappe Limburg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Herstappe in Limburg
|arms             = Herstappe wapen.svg
|flag             = Herstappe vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LI}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tongeren|Tongeren]]
|nis=73028
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20–64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor            = Marlutje Jackers (GB-IC)
|majority         = GB-IC
|postal-codes     = 3717
|telephone-area   = 012
|web              =
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|44|N|05|26|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Herstappe''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɛrstɑpə}}; {{IPA|fr|ɛʁstap}}) is a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[municipalities in Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. On January 1, 2016, Herstappe had a total population of 89. The total area is 1.35&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 66 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. It is the least populous municipality in Belgium, and the third smallest in area.

Herstappe has a bilingual ([[Limburgish]] and [[Walloons|Walloon]]) population. Formally it is a [[Municipalities with linguistic facilities|municipality with linguistic facilities for French speakers]], which has so far prevented a [[Merger (politics)|merger]] with neighbouring [[Tongeren]] from taking place.

==Public buildings==
The village holds a [[cafe]], a [[municipal office]], a [[catholic|Roman Catholic]] [[Church (building)|church]] and a [[post office]]. All have [[bilingual]] signposts.

==Elections==
For the [[Belgian local elections, 2012]], Herstappe was the only Belgian municipality where elections were not held as there was only one candidate list. Previously, this had already happened between 1958 and 1994.<ref>{{cite web|author=BELGA |url=http://www.lalibre.be/actu/politique-belge/article/761173/herstappe-seule-commune-belge-qui-ne-votera-pas-lors-des-communales.html |title=Herstappe, seule commune belge qui ne votera pas lors des communales |publisher=La Libre.be |date=2012-09-17 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20121011_00330949 |title=De enige burgemeester die dit weekend goed zal slapen – De Standaard |publisher=Standaard.be |date=2012-10-12 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref>

==Mayors==
The former mayor from 1994 to 2014, Serge Louwet, was the lowest paid Belgian mayor in 2012 with €675  for his monthly wages. Actually, his official salary is €1,400  but he considered it too high and kept only 675, the rest being given back to the municipal [[treasurer]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Auteur |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20120926_00312831 |title=De armste: Serge Louwet (Herstappe) – Het Nieuwsblad |publisher=Nieuwsblad.be |date=2012-09-27 |accessdate=2014-07-14}}</ref>

In 2014, Mayor Louwet resigned in favour of Claudy Prosmans. The first action of the new mayor was to guide Herstappe into the digital era. He wanted to buy a computer for the town hall, complete with an internet connection, and they were also looking into the creation of an official website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hln.be/regio/nieuws-uit-herstappe/-herstappe-gaat-digitaal-a2160730/ |title=Herstappe gaat digitaal – HLN |publisher=HLN |date=2014-12-23 |accessdate=2015-11-20}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Heilige huisje Herstappe.JPG|The {{Interlanguage link multi|Heilig Huisje|nl}} near Herstappe
File:Lauw-Herstappeltombe (2).JPG|The {{Interlanguage link multi|Herstappeltombe|nl}}
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location<!--- abbreviations per [[ISO 3166-2:BE]] --->
|Centre = Herstappe
|N  = [[Tongeren]]
|E  = [[Tongeren]]
|SE = [[Awans]] ([[Liège Province|WLG]])
|S  = [[Crisnée]] ([[Liège Province|WLG]])
|W  = [[Tongeren]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Limburg}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]]