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Hasselt

Western Europe

Hasselt is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
90,249 1
Area (sq km)
102.24 1
Founding Year
601 to 700 CE 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
50.930481 degrees north 1
Longitude
5.338497 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Hasselt (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 90,249 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 50.930481, longitude 5.338497
  • P2046 (area)
    area 102.24 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 90249 (2025)
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2. Hasselt (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Hasselt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑsəlt], Limburgish pronunciation: [ˈɦɑsəlt], French pronunciation: [ʔasɛlt]) is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
  • History
    Hasselt was founded in approximately the 7th century on the Helbeek, a tributary of the Demer river.
  • History section
    Hasselt was founded in approximately the 7th century on the Helbeek, a tributary of the Demer river.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Hasselt - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2796491
    50.93106 5.33781 P PPL BE VLG VLI 71 71072 77651 42 Europe/Brussels
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 42 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 5.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 5.25
50.75 5.25 Cfb
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