Hasselt vs Nova Viçosa

Informations

Hasselt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦɑsəlt] (listen)) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. The Hasselt municipality includes the original city of Hasselt, plus the old communes of Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Wimmertingen, Kermt, Spalbeek, Kuringen, Stokrooie, Stevoort and Runkst, as well as the hamlets and parishes of Kiewit, Godsheide and Rapertingen.

On 31 December 2007 Hasselt had a total population of 71,520 (34,951 men and 36,569 women). Both the Demer river and the Albert Canal run through the municipality. Hasselt is located in between the Campine region, north of the Demer river, and the Hesbaye region, to the south. On a larger scale, it is also situated in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.

Source: Wikipedia

Informations

There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy.

For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.

Source: Wikipedia