Overpelt

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|settlement_type = Town

|image_skyline = Overpelt kiosk.jpg

|image_caption = Neerpelt - Sint-Niklaas church

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|image_seal = Blason ville be Overpelt.svg

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|subdivision_name1 = Flemish Region

|subdivision_name2 = Limburg

|subdivision_name3 = Maaseik

|subdivision_name4 = Pelt

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|postal_code = 3900

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|website = [http://www.overpelt.be/ www.overpelt.be]

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Overpelt ({{IPA|nl|ˈoːvərˌpɛlt}}, {{lit|Upper Pelt}}) is a town in the municipality of Pelt and a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. In 2018, the municipality of Overpelt had a total population of 15,478.{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls |title="Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018" |website=StatBel |access-date=9 March 2019}}

The municipality consisted of the following population centres: centre, Holheide, Overpelt-Fabriek, and Lindelhoeven.

Three hospitals are in Overpelt. In 2005, the St. Mary hospital opened as a merger of hospitals in Lommel and Neerpelt. In addition there is the MS-clinic and a center for disabled, Sainte-Ode.

Effective 1 January 2019, Neerpelt and Overpelt were merged into the new municipality of Pelt.

Image:Overpelt, Sint Martinuskerk foto4 2009-08-31 16.13.JPG