City: Houthalen is a part-municipality
of the city of Houthalen-Helchteren. This place lies in the
Belgian province of Limburg, 10 kilometres north of Hasselt.
On the 1st January 2010 Houthalen-Helchteren had 30,126 inhabitants
with no less than 55 different nationalities. The city is
known for its recreation parks and unique natural beauty with
beautiful forests and heathlands , sand dunes and lakes.