Heers
# Heers

Heers (Dutch pronunciation: (listen), Limburgish: Hiër) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.

## History

### Merger municipality

The municipality of Heers was formed by several mergers. In 1971:

* Heers was merged with Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven.
* Mechelen-Bovelingen and Rukkelingen-Loon were merged to form Bovelingen municipality
* Heks, Horpmaal, and Vechmaal were merged to form Heks municipality
* Klein-Gelmen was merged with Gelinden, Engelmanshoven and Groot Gelmen to form Gelmen municipality

In 1977 the current municipality of Heers was formed by merging:

* Heers municipality
* Bovelingen municipality
* Heks municipality
* Klein-Gelmen village (The rest of Gelmen was merged into the municipality of Sint-Truiden).
