Lummen (Prononciation néerlandaise : [ˈlʏmə(n)]; Limbourgeois : Leume [ˈløːmə] ou Lumme [ˈlʏmə]) est une commune belge située dans la province du Limbourg près de Hasselt. Au 1er janvier 2006, Lummen comptait 13 691 habitants. Sa superficie totale est de 53,38 km², ce qui donne une densité de population de 256 habitants par km².

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

Le château de Lagendal est situé dans cette municipalité.

The historic coat 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 supplementary logo on its ascribed 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 dispensation and seized the villa and the Counts founded an allodium, but in 1203 this area was once more transferred to the Prince Bishop and taken upon loan. It was final to Lodewijk van Walcourt afterwards. In 1350 Lummen came into possession of the Huis van der Mark-Arenberg. This associates remained in possession of the glory until the French period (1794). However, the Dukes of Brabant also claimed to be entitled to a part of Lummen, while the (Loon) lords of Lummen sometimes attempted to found a forgive state in the area, whereby the Dukes of Brabant tried to sell their rights to these Loon lords several times. . The Heren van Lummen moreover owned the patronage rights of the parishes in their area, which furthermore included Linkhout and Koersel, and from 1260 then Schulen.

On August 17, 1943, a German fighter aircraft downed an American B17 bomber of the 94th bomber group exceeding Lummen. The debris of the jet ended in the works in the Place of the current Kanadastraat. Six crew members died, two were taken to Germany as prisoners of case 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 subconscious shot by a German night fighter. There was lonely 1 survivor of the 7 crew members, namely Alex Jenkins, the pilot. There is now a memorial at the site of the crash.