Editing Kortessem

{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Kortessem
|picture          = Kerkvliermaal 24-02-2008 16-02-32.jpg
|picture-legend   =
|map              = Kortessem Limburg Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Kortessem in Limburg
|arms             = Kortessem wapen2.svg
|flag             = Flag of Kortessem.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LI}}
|arrondissement   = [[Arrondissement of Tongeren|Tongeren]]
|nis              = 73040
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date  =
|mayor            = Tom Thijsen ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]])
|majority         = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]], [[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]]
|postal-codes     = 3720-3724
|telephone-area   = 011
|web              = [http://www.kortessem.be/ www.kortessem.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|52|N|05|23|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Kortessem''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈkɔrtəsɛm}}; {{langx|li|Kotsoeve}}) is a former [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]] near [[Hasselt]]. On January 1, 2006, Kortessem had a total population of 8,074. The total area is 33.90&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 238 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.

The former municipality consisted of the following [[deelgemeente|sub-municipalities]]: Kortessem, Guigoven, Vliermaal, Vliermaalroot, and [[Wintershoven]].

Up until its destruction by a storm in 2009, Kortessem was the home of the ''[[Onzelievehereboom]]'': a 1200-year-old oak.

Since 16 May 2014 [[Herman Van Rompuy]] is an honorary citizen.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Croes |first=Francis |date=17 May 2014 |title=Herman Van Rompuy ereburger van Kortessem |url=https://www.hbvl.be/cnt/aid1585743 |work=Het Belang van Limburg}}</ref>

Kortessem has been part of Hasselt since January 1, 2025.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240911140701/https://www.vlaanderen.be/lokaal-bestuur/samenwerking-fusies-regiovorming-en-verzelfstandiging/lopende-fusietrajecten-2019-2024 Lopende fusietrajecten 2019-2024], Vlaanderen</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Dessener1.png|[[Dessener Castle]], former residence of Field Marshal [[Guillaume de Lamboy, Baron of Cortesheim]]
Wintershoven - Sint-Pietersbandenkerk.jpg|Church of Saint Peter in Chains in [[Wintershoven]], Kortessem
Kasteel van Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot, België.jpg|Castle Jongenbos, Vliermaalroot
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Official website|http://www:kortessem.be}}
*[http://kortessem.2link.be kortessem.2link.be]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Kortessem
|N  = [[Diepenbeek]]
|E  = [[Hoeselt]]
|SE = [[Tongeren]]
|SW = [[Borgloon]]
|W  = [[Alken, Belgium|Alken]]<br/>[[Wellen]]
|NW = [[Hasselt]]
}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Sub-municipalities of Hasselt]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]]


{{LimburgBE-geo-stub}}