Wellen

Wellen is a municipality located inside the Belgian province of Limburg. On 1 January 2018, Wellen had a total population of seven,402. The total region is 26.72 km², giving a populace density of 266 inhabitants per km2. The municipality includes the following sub-municipalities: Wellen, Berlingen, Herten and Ulbeek. Other population centres and hamlets consist of: Bos, Beurs, Kukkelberg, Langenakker, Oetersloven, Overbroek, Russelt, and Vrolingen.

Archaeological findings suggest the area turned into inhabited already during the Frankish duration fifth to 7th century. Debris from the river Herk on that spot made fertile soil for farming. Mention of the call Wellene or Welnis would not occur until the second one half of the twelfth. The call Wellen derives from the Middle Dutch "wellene", meaning "source" or "pit" or, alternately, from Latin terra Villina, "agricultural retaining". Wellen was lengthy associated with the abbey of Munsterbilzen, based round 670.