title: Heers
text: # Heers
  
  Heers (Dutch pronunciation: (listen), Limburgish: Hiër) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Merger municipality
  
  The municipality of Heers was formed by several mergers. In 1971:
  
  * Heers was merged with Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven.
  * Mechelen-Bovelingen and Rukkelingen-Loon were merged to form Bovelingen municipality
  * Heks, Horpmaal, and Vechmaal were merged to form Heks municipality
  * Klein-Gelmen was merged with Gelinden, Engelmanshoven and Groot Gelmen to form Gelmen municipality
  
  In 1977 the current municipality of Heers was formed by merging:
  
  * Heers municipality
  * Bovelingen municipality
  * Heks municipality
  * Klein-Gelmen village (The rest of Gelmen was merged into the municipality of Sint-Truiden).
  