Peer

city in Limburg, Belgium

Organization Municipality Of Belgium Q736085

Facts

29 properties

Identity

Instance of: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city^[6]
Official website: www.peer.be^[19]
Legal form: Cities and municipalities^[27]

Location

Country: Belgium^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 51.133°, 5.454°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of Maaseik^[2]
Postal code: 3990^[15]

Relations

Part of: Emergency rescue zone North Limburg, Politiezone Kempenland^[16]^[17]

More facts +21

Award received: Good City^[1]
Annual number of weddings: +78
Area: +86.95
Capital: Peer^[7]
Coat of arms: coat of arms of Peer^[14]
Contains settlement: Wijchmaal, Kleine-Brogel^[25]^[26]
Described by source: Topographia Westphaliae^[24]
Different from: Peer^[29]
Elevation above sea level: +64^[30]
Flag: flag of Peer^[12]
Head of government: Steven Matheï^[5]
List of monuments: Onroerend erfgoed in Peer, Belgium^[28]
Local dialing code: 011^[18]
Located in or next to body of water: Dommel^[4]
Office held by the head of government: Mayor of Peer^[22]
Official language: Dutch^[8]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Govdirectory
Phone number: +32 11 61 07 00^[23]
Population: +16406, +16421^[20]^[21]
Shares border with: Bocholt, Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Oudsbergen^[9]^[10]^[11]
Twinned administrative body: Parchim^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en Peer el Περ fa په ja クライネ＝ブローゲル nl Peer (Belgie) ru Пер sv Peer, Belgien th Peer th เปร์ zh 佩尔 zh-hant 佩爾

🔖 Identifiers · 28

VIAF cluster ID: 132599864
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n85325495
GND ID: 4843546-6
Data Commons ID: wikidataId/Q736085
Email address: mailto:info@peer.be
Enterprise number (Belgium): 0207474189
European Unique Identifier: BEKBOBCE.0207.474.189
FAST ID: 1235096
Facebook username: stadpeer
Freebase ID: /m/055ql2
GADM ID: BEL.2.2.2.13_1
GNS Unique Feature ID: -1967206

Show all 28 identifiers +16

GeoNames ID: 2789233
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2789233 GND (DNB) 2789232 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Instagram username: stadpeer
J9U entity ID: 987007560174405171
LinkedIn company or organization ID: stad-peer
MusicBrainz area ID: 911d6e6c-f17c-47f1-88b6-2e8fffe0e4fe
NIS/INS code: 72030
OVO ID: OVO002209
OpenCorporates organization ID: be/0207474189
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 1225919
Resistance in Belgium ID: Betta channoides
SBN place ID: NAPL003863
Topic's main category: Category:Peer, Belgium
UN/LOCODE: BEPEE
Who's on First ID: 101809387
WikiKids ID: Peer_(België)
Yale LUX ID: place/496494be-5749-4c1e-9983-ba4f003b03f9

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🔗 Connections

People born here 7

Marnick Vermijl, Wolke Janssens, Armand Preud'homme, Firmin van den Bosch, Thomas Azevedo, Anneleen Lenaerts, Lambert Kelchtermans

Contained subdivisions 4

Kleine Brogel Air Base, Grote-Brogel, Kleine-Brogel, Wijchmaal

Shares border with 3

Bocholt, Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Oudsbergen

← Shares border with 3

Bocholt, Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Oudsbergen

Contains settlement 2

Kleine-Brogel, Wijchmaal

Instance of 2

municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city

Award received 1

Good City

Country 1

Belgium

Different from 1

Peer

Located in or next to body of water 1

Dommel

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Arrondissement of Maaseik

Located in time zone 1

UTC+01:00

Official language 1

Dutch

On focus list of Wikimedia project 1

WikiProject Govdirectory

Resistance in Belgium ID 1

Betta channoides

Topic's main category 1

Category:Peer, Belgium

Twinned administrative body 1

Parchim

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Peer, Belgium

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Arrondissement of Maaseik

← FactGrid item ID 1

Ukrayinka

← Place served by transport hub 1

Kleine Brogel Air Base

← Twinned administrative body 1

Parchim

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FAQs

What awards did Peer receive?

Honors received include Good City^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[5] ↑ Peer — head of government (P6): Steven Matheï. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Peer — country (P17): Belgium. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Peer — instance of (P31): Belgian municipality with the title of city. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Peer — capital (P36): Peer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Peer — official language (P37): Dutch. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Peer — shares border with (P47): Bocholt. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Peer — shares border with (P47): Meeuwen-Gruitrode. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Peer — shares border with (P47): Oudsbergen. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Peer — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Arrondissement of Maaseik. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Peer — flag (P163): flag of Peer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Peer — award received (P166): Good City. Retrieved 2022-11-10. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Peer — twinned administrative body (P190): Parchim. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Peer — located in or next to body of water (P206): Dommel. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Peer — coat of arms (P237): coat of arms of Peer. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Peer — postal code (P281): 3990. Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Peer — part of (P361): Emergency rescue zone North Limburg. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Peer — part of (P361): Politiezone Kempenland. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Peer — local dialing code (P473): 011. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Peer — official website (P856): https://www.peer.be/. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Peer — population (P1082): 16,406. statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved 2019-03-09. statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Peer — population (P1082): 16,421. statbel.fgov.be. Retrieved 2021-01-20. statbel.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Peer — office held by head of government (P1313): Mayor of Peer. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Peer — phone number (P1329): +32 11 61 07 00. peer.be. Retrieved 2022-11-07. peer.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Peer — described by source (P1343): Topographia Westphaliae. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Peer — contains settlement (P1383): Wijchmaal. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Peer — contains settlement (P1383): Kleine-Brogel. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Peer — legal form (P1454): Cities and municipalities. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Peer — list of monuments (P1456): Onroerend erfgoed in Peer, Belgium. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Peer — different from (P1889): Peer. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Peer — elevation above sea level (P2044): 64 m. wikidata.org.

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