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Koersel

Koersel is a village in the Belgian province of Limburg and is a submunicipality of Beringen. It was an independent municipality until 1977. It has around 18,000 inhabitants.

Koersel was first mentioned in 1166 as Corsela; either from the Latin curticella: small farm, or from the Germanic Corsala: Cor's farm.

In 1909, started the construction of the Beringen coal mine [nl] and in October 1919 the first coal seam was reached at a depth of 623 metres. The football stadium of Koersel is Mijnstadion (translated: mine stadium).

51°03′31″N 5°16′18″E / 51.05861°N 5.27167°E / 51.05861; 5.27167

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