Koersel
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Koersel is a village in the Belgian province of Limburg and is a submunicipality of Beringen. It was an independent municipality until 1977.[1] It it has around 18,000 inhabitants.
History
[edit]Koersel was first mentioned in 1166 as Corsela; either from the Latin curticella: small farm, or from the Germanic Corsala: Cor's farm.[1]
In 1909, started the construction of the Beringen coal mine and in October 1919 the first coal seam was reached at a depth of 623 metres.[2] The football stadium of Koersel is Mijnstadion (translated: mine stadium).
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