Halen

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality

|name = Halen

|type = city

|picture = Sint-Pietersbandenkerk (Halen) (21764) 18-08-2019.jpg

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|map = Halen Limburg Belgium Map.svg

|map-legend = Location of Halen in Limburg

|arms = Blason ville be Halen.svg

|flag = Flag of Halen.svg

|region = {{BE-REG-FLE}}

|community = {{BE-NL}}

|province = {{BE-PROV-LI}}

|arrondissement = Hasselt

|nis = 71020

|pyramid-date=

|0-19=

|20-64=

|65=

|foreigners=

|foreigners-date =

|mayor = Erik Van Roelen (CD&V)

|majority = CD&V

|postal-codes = 3545

|telephone-area = 013

|web = [http://www.halen.be/ www.halen.be]

|coordinates = {{coord|50|56|53|N|05|06|52|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}

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Halen ({{IPA|nl|ˈɦaːlə(n)|-|Nl-halen.ogg}}), formerly Haelen ({{langx|li|Hôle}}), is a municipality and city{{Cite web |title=Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt |url=https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/eli/wet/1985/07/19/1985001298/staatsblad |date=19 July 1985 |lang=nl |website=www.ejustice.just.fgov.be |publisher=Belgian Official Gazette |access-date=22 April 2025}} located in the Belgian province of Limburg, to the west of Hasselt. On January 1, 2018, Halen had a total population of 9,461. The total area is 36.29 km² which gives a population density of 261 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Halen proper, Loksbergen, and Zelem.

During the First World War, on August 12, 1914, the Battle of Halen took place here near the river crossing of the Gete.