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{{Distinguish|Van Halen (disambiguation){{!}}van Halen}} {{Redirect|Hôle|other uses|Hole (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox Belgium municipality |name = Halen |type = city |picture = Sint-Pietersbandenkerk (Halen) (21764) 18-08-2019.jpg |picture-legend = |map = Halen Limburg Belgium Map.svg |map-legend = Location of Halen in Limburg |arms = Blason ville be Halen.svg |flag = Flag of Halen.svg |region = {{BE-REG-FLE}} |community = {{BE-NL}} |province = {{BE-PROV-LI}} |arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Hasselt|Hasselt]] |nis = 71020 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date = |mayor = Erik Van Roelen ([[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]]) |majority = [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]] |postal-codes = 3545 |telephone-area = 013 |web = [http://www.halen.be/ www.halen.be] |coordinates = {{coord|50|56|53|N|05|06|52|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} }} '''Halen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦaːlə(n)|-|Nl-halen.ogg}}), formerly '''Haelen''' ({{langx|li|Hôle}}), is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] and [[City status in Belgium|city]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1985/07/19/1985001298/staatsblad |date=19 July 1985 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=[[Belgian Official Gazette]] |access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]], to the west of [[Hasselt]]. On January 1, 2018, Halen had a total population of 9,461. The total area is 36.29 km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 261 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|sub-municipalities]]: Halen proper, Loksbergen, and Zelem. During the [[First World War]], on August 12, 1914, the [[Battle of Halen]] took place here near the river crossing of the [[Gete]].
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