Ham | |
Map: | Ham Limburg Belgium Map.svg |
Map-Legend: | Location of Ham in Limburg |
Arms: | Blason ville be Ham.svg |
Flag: | Ham vlag.svg |
Arrondissement: | Hasselt |
Nis: | 71069 |
Pyramid-Date: | 01/01/2006 |
0-19: | 21.39 |
20-64: | 63.04 |
65: | 15.57 |
Foreigners: | 3.52 |
Foreigners-Date: | 01/07/2005 |
Mayor: | Marc Heselmans (CD&V) |
Majority: | CD&V, Open VLD |
Postal-Codes: | 3945 |
Telephone-Area: | 013 - 011 |
Web: | www.ham.be |
Coordinates: | 51.1°N 13°W |
Ham (pronounced as /nl/) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Ham had a total population of 9,705. The total area is 32.69km² which gives a population density of 297 inhabitants per km2 (746/sq mi).
In August, 2008 the population of Ham exceeded 10,000 inhabitants.
The municipality of Ham was created January 1977 by the fusion of the municipalities of Oostham and Kwaadmechelen.