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Kinrooi
Kinrooi town hall
Kinrooi town hall
Flag of Kinrooi
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Coat of arms of Kinrooi
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Country Belgium
Region Flemish Region
Community Flemish Community
Province Limburg
Arrondissement Maaseik
Area
 • Total 54.76 km2 (21.14 sq mi)
Population
 (January 2010)
 • Total 12,227
 • Density 223.283/km2 (578.30/sq mi)
Postal codes
3640
Area codes 089

Kinrooi is a municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, between Maaseik and Bree. On January 1, 2006, Kinrooi had a total population of 11,977.

Kinrooi was formed on September 18, 1971, when the four municipalities Kinrooi, Kessenich, Geistingen-Ophoven and Molenbeersel were fused. There have been three mayors.

After the independence of Belgium in 1839 it became a little municipality, together with some nearby hamlets. In 2005 there are prehistoric remains found in the center, when it was being renovated.

Kinrooi's main economic activities are agriculture, tourism and the reclamation of gravel, sand and loam. Tourism is also an important resource. Kinrooi attracts a lot of tourists as it has seven nature reserves that harbor rare animal and plant species, it has a marina and several old windmills.

There is a lot of watersporting, in the old gravel pools. One of them, lying in Ophoven, is now the greatest inner harbour of Europe.

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