Diest is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Diest proper and the towns of Deurne, Kaggevinne, Molenstede, Schaffen en Webbekom. On January 1, 2006, Diest had a total population of 22,740. The total area is 58.20 km² which gives a population density of 391 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Twin town

Orange, Vaucluse (France) , Orange (Arenjo in Provençal) is a town and commune in the département of Vaucluse, in the south of France. ...

Famous inhabitants

• Saint John Berchmans, Jesuit
• Timmy Simons, soccer player, played 44 times for the Belgian national football team (as of May 30th, 2006)
• Peter van Diest, writer, probable author of the play Everyman

St. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... Timmy Simons (Born in Diest, 11 December 1976) is a Belgian footballer who, as of 2005 was playing for PSV Eindhoven. ... First international Belgium 3 - 3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) Largest win Belgium 9 - 0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 4 June 1994) Belgium 10 - 1 San Marino (Brussels, Belgium; 28 February 2001) Worst defeat England amateur 11 - 2 Belgium (London, England; 17 April 1909) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in... Peter van Diest (Latinised as Petrus Diesthemius) is a medieval writer from the Low Countries. ... Everyman is a 16th century English morality play. ...

External links

• Official website - Only available in Dutch

Coordinates: 50°59′N 5°03′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...