Halen 175126 225992729 2008-07-16T10:39:07Z CarsracBot 6929011 robot Adding: [[simple:Halen]] {{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Halen |picture= |picture-legend= |map=Halen Limburg Belgium Map.png |map-legend=Location of Halen in Limburg |arms=Wapen Halen.png |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=Willy Neven (Inzet) |majority=Inzet |postal-codes=3545 |telephone-area=013 |web=[http://www.halen.be/ www.halen.be] |lat_deg=50 |lat_min=56 |lon_deg=05 |lon_min=06 }} '''Halen''' is a [[municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. On [[January 1]] [[2006]] Halen had a total population of 8,624. The total area is 36.29 [[square kilometre|km²]] which gives a [[population density]] of 238 inhabitants per km². During the [[First World War]], on [[August 12]] [[1914]], the [[Battle of Haelen]] took place here near the river crossing of the [[Gete]]. ==External links== * {{nl}} [http://www.halen.be/ Official website] {{Municipalities in Limburg}} [[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]] {{LimburgBE-geo-stub}} [[br:Halen]] [[de:Halen (Belgien)]] [[eo:Halen (Belgio)]] [[fr:Halen]] [[it:Halen]] [[li:Hôle]] [[nl:Halen]] [[no:Halen]] [[pl:Halen]] [[pt:Halen]] [[ro:Halen]] [[simple:Halen]] [[vo:Halen]] [[zh:哈伦]]