Oudsbergen
Municipality
Commandery of Gruitrode
Commandery of Gruitrode
Flag of Oudsbergen
Flag
Coat of arms of Oudsbergen
Coat of arms
Location of Oudsbergen
Oudsbergen is located in Belgium
Oudsbergen
Oudsbergen
Location in Belgium
Location of Oudsbergen in Limburg
Coordinates: 51°05′12″N 5°35′19″E / 51.0866°N 5.5885°E / 51.0866; 5.5885
Country Belgium
CommunityFlemish Community
RegionFlemish Region
ProvinceLimburg
ArrondissementMaaseik
Government
 • MayorMarco Goossens (CD&V)
 • Governing party/iesCD&V
Area
 • Total116.37 km2 (44.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
 • Total23,611
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Postal codes
3660, 3670
NIS code
72042
Area codes011, 089
Websiteoudsbergen.be

Oudsbergen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌudzˌbɛrɣə(n)]; Limburgish: Audsberge [ˈawdzbæʀ(ə)ɣə]) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg that arose on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode.

The merged municipality has an area of 116.24 km2 and a population of 23,520 people in 2021.[2]

Creation

The Flemish Government provides incentives for municipalities to voluntarily merge. The municipal councils of Opglabbeek and Meeuwen-Gruitrode approved a merge in principle in November 2016. Definitive approval occurred on 26 June 2017, which was ratified by Flemish decree of 4 May 2018 alongside several other merges, all to be effective per 1 January 2019.

As of 1 January 2018, the municipality of Opglabbeek had a population of 10,332 and Meeuwen-Gruitrode a population of 13,091.

Government

The first elections for the new municipality were held during the regular local elections of 14 October 2018, electing a municipal council for the legislative period of 2019–2024. CD&V obtained a majority of seats in the municipal council (17 out of 27). Lode Ceyssens, who was mayor of Meeuwen-Gruitrode until then, became mayor of Oudsbergen.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2022". Statbel.
  2. ↑ "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 72040". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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