Peer, Belgium

Infobox Belgium Municipality
name=Peer
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arms=Blason ville be Peer.svg

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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-LI
arrondissement=Maaseik
nis=72030
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20-64=
65=
foreigners=
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mayor=Theo Kelchtermans (CD&V)
majority=CD&V, sp.a
postal-codes=3990
telephone-area=011
web= [http://www.peer.be/ www.peer.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=08
lon_deg=05
lon_min=28

Peer is a municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. On January 1 2006 Peer had a total population of 15,810. The total area is 86.95 km² which gives a population density of 182 inhabitants per km².

Peer is the site of a famous annual blues music festival held in July.

The village Grote Brogel, part of Peer, claims to be the birth place of Pieter Bruegel [ [http://www.brueghel.be Bruegelkring - Bruegel Foundation ] ] . The Bruegel Foundation was also founded in Peer to research the history of Peer and Pieter Bruegel.

Kleine Brogel, a village that is a part of Peer, has a military base with an airfield. It is rumoured to house American nuclear weapons, though this has never been officially confirmed [ [http://www.motherearth.org/nuke/dossierkb.php File at Mother Earth site] ]

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