Heers (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦeːrs] , Limburgish: Hiër [ˈɦiəʀ]) 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).