Kinrooi
Municipality in Flemish Community, Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kinrooi (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɪnroːi]; Limburgish: Kinder) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, between Maaseik and Bree. On January 1, 2006, Kinrooi had a total population of 11,978. The total area is 54.76 km2, which gives a population density of 219 inhabitants per km2.
Kinrooi | |
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 Kinrooi town hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Kinrooi  | |
  Kinrooi Location in Belgium
Location of Kinrooi in Limburg  | |
| Coordinates: 51°09′N 05°45′E | |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community |
| Region | Flemish Region |
| Province | Limburg |
| Arrondissement | Maaseik |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jo Brouns (CD&V) Wim Rutten (interim mayor) |
| • Governing party/ies | CD&V |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.8 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 12,233 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 3640 |
| NIS code | 72018 |
| Area codes | 089 |
| Website | www.kinrooi.be |
Kinrooi was formed on September 18, 1971, when the four municipalities Kinrooi, Kessenich, Geistingen-Ophoven and Molenbeersel were fused. There have been three mayors. The current mayor is Jo Brouns.
Before, Kinrooi was a hamlet of the village of Kessenich. The flag reminds to that; the clarions stood on the shield of Kessenich. After the independence of Belgium in 1839 it became a little municipality, together with some nearby hamlets. In 2005 there are prehistoric remains found in the center, when it was being renovated.
Kinrooi's main economic activities are agriculture, tourism and the reclamation of gravel, sand and loam. The downside of this reclamation is that a lot of land surface gets lost. Tourism is also an important resource. Kinrooi attracts a lot of tourists because it has seven nature reserves that harbor rare animal and plant species, it has a marina and because it has several old windmills. Besides, there is a lot of watersporting, in the old gravel pools. One of them, lying in Ophoven, is now the greatest inner harbour of Europe.
- The Lemmensmolen, a windmill built in 1856
- Sint-Martinuskerk (Kinrooi), a neogotical church built in 1853
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