Kinrooi

Kinrooi is a municipality inside the Belgian province of Limburg, among Maaseik and Bree. On January 1, 2006, Kinrooi had a total population of 11,977. The overall area is 54.76 km², which offers a populace density of 219 population per km². Kinrooi changed into fashioned on September 18, 1971, while the 4 municipalities Kinrooi, Kessenich, Geistingen-Ophoven and Molenbeersel had been fused. There have been three mayors. The current mayor is Jo Brouns. Before, Kinrooi turned into a hamlet of the village of Kessenich. The flag reminds to that; the clarions stood on the shield of Kessenich.

After the independence of Belgium in 1839 it have become a little municipality, together with a few close by hamlets. In 2005 there are prehistoric remains located inside the center, while it turned into being renovated. Kinrooi's most important financial sports are agriculture, tourism and the reclamation of gravel, sand and loam. The downside of this reclamation is that quite a few land floor receives lost. Tourism is likewise an vital useful resource. Kinrooi attracts a variety of travelers as it has seven nature reserves that harbor uncommon animal and plant species, it has a marina and as it has numerous vintage windmills.