Diest

Summary

Diest is a municipality of Belgium^[1]. Diest ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (256 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Diest is located in Arrondissement of Leuven^[3].
• Diest is in the country of Belgium^[4].
• Diest is on the body of water Demer^[5].
• Diest's head of government is recorded as Christophe De Graef^[6].
• Diest's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium^[7].
• Diest's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city^[8].
• Diest's capital is recorded as Diest^[9].
• Diest's official language is recorded as Dutch^[10].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Kortenaken^[11].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Bekkevoort^[12].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Halen^[13].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Zichem^[14].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Scherpenheuvel-Zichem^[15].
• Diest's flag is recorded as flag of Diest^[16].
• Diest's twinned administrative body is recorded as Orange^[17].
• Diest's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Diest^[18].
• Diest's postal code is recorded as 3290^[19].
• Diest's postal code is recorded as 3294^[20].
• Diest's postal code is recorded as 3293^[21].
• Diest's postal code is recorded as 3981^[22].
• Diest is part of Q111549930^[23].
• Diest is part of Emergency zone Flemish Brabant East^[24].
• Diest's Commons category is recorded as Diest^[25].
• Diest's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[26].
• Diest's local dialing code is recorded as 011^[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Q111549930^[23], a police zone^[28], in Belgium^[29], founded in 2000^[30] and Emergency zone Flemish Brabant East^[24], an emergency zone^[31], in Belgium^[32], founded in 2012^[33], headquartered in Herent^[34].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Diest include John III of Diest^[35], a Catholic bishop^[36], 1300–1340^[37].

Why It Matters

Diest ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (256 views/month).^[2] Diest has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38]

Entities named for Diest include John III of Diest^[35], a Catholic bishop^[36], 1300–1340^[37].