Editing Hasselt (section)

{{Short description|Capital of Limburg province, Belgium}}
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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name             = Hasselt
|type             = city
|picture          = {{multiple image
    |perrow = 1 / 2 |total_width = 300px
    |image1= Panorama Hasselt- stadscentrum met Sint Quintinuskathedraal en Blauwe Boulevard.jpg
    |image2= Grote Markt Hasselt.jpg
    |image3= Hasselt Het Sweert 2.JPG
    |image4= Stadhuis Hasselt.jpg
    |image5= Stadshuis Hasselt.jpg
     }}
|picture-legend   = From left to right, top to bottom: City center with [[St. Quentin's Cathedral, Hasselt|St. Quentin's Cathedral]] in the bottom left, Grote Markt, timber-framed house ''Het Sweert'',  Old City Hall, New City Hall
|map              = Map Belgium Hasselt 2025.svg
|map-legend       = Location of Hasselt in Limburg
|arms             = Wapen van Hasselt.svg
|flag             = Hasselt (B) vlag.svg
|region           = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community        = {{BE-NL}}
|province         = {{BE-PROV-LI}}
|arrondissement   = Hasselt
|nis              = 71072
|pyramid-date     = 1 January 2006
|0–19             = 19.16
|20–64            = 62.45
|65               = 18.3
|foreigners       = 4.02
|foreigners-date  = 1 July 2005
|mayor            = [[Steven Vandeput]] ([[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]])
|majority         = [[Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats|Open VLD]]/[[New Flemish Alliance|N-VA]], [[CD&V]], [[Vooruit_(political_party)|Vooruit]]
|postal-codes     = 3500, 3501, 3510, 3511, 3512, 3720, 3721, 3722, 3723, 3724
|telephone-area   = 011 - 012
|web              = [http://www.hasselt.be/ www.hasselt.be]
|coordinates      = {{coord|50|55|48|N|05|20|15|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
|footnotes=[[File:Hasselt 2017.svg|120px|center]]{{center|[[Logo]] of Hasselt}}}}
'''Hasselt''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦɑsəlt|-|nl-Hasselt.ogg}}, {{IPA|li|ˈɦɑsəlt}},{{fix|text=tone?|date=March 2022}} {{IPA|fr|asɛlt}}) is the capital and largest [[City status in Belgium|city]] of the [[Provinces of Belgium|province]] of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]] in the [[Flemish Region]] of [[Belgium]].

As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Globaal bevolkingscijfers per gemeente |url=https://www.ibz.rrn.fgov.be/fileadmin/user_upload/nl/bev/statistieken/stat-1-1_n.pdf}}</ref> The old town of Hasselt is surrounded by a number of satellite hamlets including [[Kiewit]], Runkst, Banneuxwijk, [[Godsheide]] and Rapertingen. Further away are several [[Deelgemeente#Belgium|sub-municipalities]] which were once within independent municipalities, including [[Kermt]], [[Kuringen]], [[Sint-Lambrechts-Herk]], [[Spalbeek]], [[Stevoort]], [[Stokrooie]], and [[Wimmertingen]].

Geographically, Hasselt is located between the [[Campine]] region, north of the [[Demer]] river, and the [[Hesbaye]] region, to the south.  Both the Demer river and the [[Albert Canal]] run through the municipality.

In terms of economic regions, Hasselt is within the transnational [[Meuse-Rhine Euroregion]], connecting neighbouring regions in [[Wallonia]], [[the Netherlands]] and [[Germany]].