Hamont-Achel is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Limburg. It was created in 1977 by a fusion of the city of Hamont and the village of Achel, which is why the name joins the two. On 1 January 2020 it had a total population of 14,294 people living on a total area of 43.66 square kilometres, a density of 315 inhabitants per square kilometre. The municipality is best known beyond Belgium for the Trappist Abbey of Achel, part of which is the brewery Brouwerij de Achelse Kluis, one of the eleven Trappist breweries. The municipality also holds city status, granted by a Belgian law of 19 July 1985 that conferred the title of city on a list of municipalities including Hamont-Achel.
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1. Hamont-Achel (source article)
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On January 1, 2020, Hamont-Achel had a total population of 14.294.
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The total area is 43.66 km2
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It was founded in 1977 by a fusion of the city Hamont and the village Achel.
On Continent: Europe, Lead, first sentence
located in the Belgian province of Limburg
Part Of: Belgium, Lead, first sentence
located in the Belgian province of Limburg
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