Ham

Summary

Ham is a municipality of Belgium^[1]. Ham draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_belgium category, ranking #87 of 558).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ham is located in Arrondissement of Hasselt^[3].
• Ham is in the country of Belgium^[4].
• Ham's head of government is recorded as Marc Heselmans^[5].
• Ham's image is recorded as Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Geboortekerk (Oostham) (21825) 3-08-2020 13-28-42.jpg^[6].
• Ham's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium^[7].
• Ham's capital is recorded as Kwaadmechelen^[8].
• Ham's official language is recorded as Limburgish language^[9].
• Ham's flag image is recorded as Ham vlag.svg^[10].
• Ham's shares border with is recorded as Beringen^[11].
• Ham's coat of arms image is recorded as Ham wapen.svg^[12].
• Ham's flag is recorded as flag of Ham^[13].
• Ham's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Ham^[14].
• Ham's locator map image is recorded as Ham Limburg Belgium Map.svg^[15].
• Ham's postal code is recorded as 3945^[16].
• Ham's part of is recorded as Emergency rescue zone North Limburg^[17].
• Ham's part of is recorded as Q56707194^[18].
• Ham's Commons category is recorded as Ham, Belgium^[19].
• Ham's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1229644^[20].
• Ham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[21].
• Ham's local dialing code is recorded as 011^[22].
• Ham's local dialing code is recorded as 013^[23].
• +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ham^[24].
• Ham was dissolved in +2024-12-31T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Ham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1008, 'lon': 5.1597}^[26].
• Ham's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017nmb^[27].

Body

Founding

+1977-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ham^[24].

Identity

Part of include Emergency rescue zone North Limburg^[17], an emergency zone^[28], in Belgium^[29], founded in 2012^[30], headquartered in Lommel^[31] and Q56707194^[18].

Dissolution

Ham was dissolved in +2024-12-31T00:00:00Z^[25].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Ham include Tessenderlo-Ham^[32], a municipality of Belgium^[33], in Belgium^[34], founded in 2025^[35].

Why It Matters

Ham draws 13 Wikipedia views per month (municipality_of_belgium category, ranking #87 of 558).^[2] Ham has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36]

Entities named for Ham include Tessenderlo-Ham^[32], a municipality of Belgium^[33], in Belgium^[34], founded in 2025^[35].