Pelt (municipality)

Pelt
Municipality
Pelt
Location in Belgium
Location of Pelt in Limburg
Coordinates: 51°13′N 05°25′E / 51.217°N 5.417°E / 51.217; 5.417Coordinates: 51°13′N 05°25′E / 51.217°N 5.417°E / 51.217; 5.417
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region
Province Limburg
Arrondissement Maaseik
Government
 • Mayor TBD
 • Governing party/ies TBD
Area
 • Total 83.63 km2 (32.29 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2017)[1]
 • Total 32,378
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)

Pelt is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg that will arise on 1 January 2019 from the merging of the municipalities of Neerpelt and Overpelt.[2]

After Neerpelt and Overpelt had previously agreed in principle to a merger, the new name of the merged municipality was announced on 4 November 2017. Approximately one third of voters voted for the three possibilities: Dommelpelt, Pelt or Pelten. More than 74 percent of the votes eventually went to Pelt. After the municipal councils definitively approved the merger on 18 December 2017, Neerpelt and Overpelt will cease to exist on 31 December 2018. A day later, on 1 January 2019, Pelt will officially become a new municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg.[3]

The merged municipality will have an area of 83.63 km2 and count more than 32,000 inhabitants.

References

  1. ↑ Population per municipality as of 1 January 2017 (XLS; 397 KB)
  2. ↑ Verstraete, Alexander. "Inwoners van Overpelt en Neerpelt willen samen als Pelt verder". vrt NWS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ↑ De Wolf, Ludwig. "Definitief groen licht voor fusiegemeente Pelt (Neerpelt en Overpelt)". vrt NWS. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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