Lummen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʏmə(n)]; Limburgish: Leume [ˈløːmə] or Lumme [ˈlʏmə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg close Hasselt. On January 1, 2006, Lummen had a total population of 13,691. The total area is 53.38 km which gives a population density of 256 inhabitants per km.

The municipality consists of the later than sub-municipalities: Lummen proper, Meldert en Linkhout. In addition, it includes the as soon as hamlets: Geneiken, Genenbos, Gestel, Goeslaar, Groenlaren, Laren, Mellaer, Molem, Oostereinde, Rekhoven, Schalbroek, and Thiewinkel.

Kasteel Lagendal is situated in this municipality.

The historic jacket of arms features the crests of the Houses of Arenberg, La Marck and Arrazola de Oñate. In 2008 however, the municipality chose to use a extra logo upon its recognized documents instead.

Originally this was an estate (“villa”) of the Prince Bishop of Liège. The core of this (Lummen-Koersel) was one parish until 1180. From the 10th to the 12th centuries, the County of Loon expanded in a northerly paperwork and seized the villa and the Counts founded an allodium, but in 1203 this Place was over transferred to the Prince Bishop and taken upon loan. It was fixed to Lodewijk van Walcourt afterwards. In 1350 Lummen came into possession of the Huis van der Mark-Arenberg. This relatives remained in possession of the glory until the French period (1794). However, the Dukes of Brabant plus claimed to be entitled to a allocation of Lummen, while the (Loon) lords of Lummen sometimes attempted to found a pardon state in the area, whereby the Dukes of Brabant tried to sell their rights to these Loon lords several times. . The Heren van Lummen afterward owned the patronage rights of the parishes in their area, which afterward included Linkhout and Koersel, and from 1260 with Schulen.

On August 17, 1943, a German fighter plane downed an American B17 bomber of the 94th bomber group beyond Lummen. The debris of the aircraft ended taking place in the area of the current Kanadastraat. Six crew members died, two were taken to Germany as prisoners of act and two escaped. A memorial was unveiled on 17 August 2013 in the parking lot of the Oosterhof, near the crash. On February 21, 1945, an Avro Lancaster bomber of the Royal Australian Air Force crashed in the Goeren in Linkhout after innate shot by a German night fighter. There was without help 1 survivor of the 7 crew members, namely Alex Jenkins, the pilot. There is now a memorial at the site of the crash.