Zonhoven

Zonhoven is a municipality located within the Belgian province of Limburg close to Hasselt. On January 1, 2007, Zonhoven had a complete population of 20,060. The overall place is 39.34 km² which gives a population density of 506 inhabitants in step with km². The municipality consists of of the subsequent hamlets: Halveweg, Termolen, and Terdonk. On November 18, 1833 the Treaty of Zonhoven changed into signed within the house named De Franse Kroon among representatives of the Netherlands and Belgium to set up special guidelines over using the Meuse River through the signatories. Zonhoven started out to develop strongly at the cease of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20 th century. Local industry arose ,

mainly an iron mine , some cigar factories with greater than one hundred employees every, and factories inside the metal industry and food industry. The populace started out to develop. The large trade came with the start of the coal mines within the Zonhoven neighborhoods. Many citizens observed paintings within the mines of Houthalen , Zolder and Winterslag . Zonhoven turned into occupied by using German troops on horseback at some stage in the Second World War . The municipality became liberated on September nine, 1944 . After this liberation, Bernard 1st viscount montgomery of alamein , commander-in-chief of the British army, installed his headquarters in Zonhoven for 3 months.