Diest

Summary

Diest is a municipality of Belgium^[1]. Diest ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Diest is located in Arrondissement of Leuven^[3].
• Diest is in the country of Belgium^[4].
• Diest is on the body of water Demer^[5].
• Diest's head of government is recorded as Christophe De Graef^[6].
• Diest's image is recorded as Diest15.jpg^[7].
• Diest's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium^[8].
• Diest's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city^[9].
• Diest's capital is recorded as Diest^[10].
• Diest's official language is recorded as Dutch^[11].
• Diest's flag image is recorded as Flag of Diest.svg^[12].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Kortenaken^[13].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Bekkevoort^[14].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Halen^[15].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Zichem^[16].
• Diest's shares border with is recorded as Scherpenheuvel-Zichem^[17].
• Diest's coat of arms image is recorded as Armoiries d'Isembourg.svg^[18].
• Diest's flag is recorded as flag of Diest^[19].
• Diest's twinned administrative body is recorded as Orange^[20].
• Diest's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140762849^[21].
• Diest's GND ID is recorded as 4230912-8^[22].
• Diest's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Diest^[23].
• Diest's locator map image is recorded as Diest Flemish-Brabant Belgium Map.svg^[24].
• Diest's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83227102^[25].
• Diest's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119735441^[26].
• Diest's postal code is recorded as 3290^[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Q111549930^[28], a police zone^[29], in Belgium^[30], founded in 2000^[31] and Emergency zone Flemish Brabant East^[32], an emergency zone^[33], in Belgium^[34], founded in 2012^[35], headquartered in Herent^[36].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Diest include John III of Diest^[37], a Catholic bishop^[38], 1300–1340^[39].

Why It Matters

Diest ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).^[2] Diest has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40]

Entities named for Diest include John III of Diest^[37], a Catholic bishop^[38], 1300–1340^[39].