Southern Netherlands
North Brabant
Oss

Macharen

Macharen is a village in the southern part of the , in the province . It is part of the municipality. The village was first mentioned in 1107 as Machera, and means "suitable sandy ridge".
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  • Type: Village with 715 residents
  • Description: village in Oss, the Netherlands
  • Postal code: 5367

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint Petrus (Macharen) and Gevangentoren.

Church
Photo: Iusd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.

Church
Photo: Havang(nl), CC0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maasbommel and Megen.

Village
Photo: Fred Mobach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of , and lies about 7 km north of . It received city rights in 1312.

Village
Photo: Havang(nl), Public domain.
or Meghem is a small city in the southern part of the , in the province , close to the river . It is part of the municipality. The number of inhabitants is approximately 1700.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of in the province of , . The village was first mentioned in 1191 as "Egenus de Haren", which means "sandy ridge". is situated 2½ km east of Macharen.

Macharen

Latitude
51.80441° or 51° 48′ 16″ north
Longitude
5.54478° or 5° 32′ 41″ east
Population
715
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL MAC
Open location code
9F37RG3V+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 43885839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2751274
Wiki­data ID
Q733763
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Macharen” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Мачарен”
  • Catalan: “Macharen”
  • Cebuano: “Macharen”
  • Chinese: “Macharen”
  • Dutch: “Macharen”
  • French: “Macharen”
  • Irish: “Macharen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Macharen”
  • Persian: “ماچارن”
  • Persian: “ماخارن”
  • Ukrainian: “Махарен”
  • Urdu: “ماچارین”

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Explore places such as Boveneind and Berghuizen.

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Highlights include Kapel Heilige Odrada and De Linde.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Macharen”. Photo: Iusd, CC BY-SA 3.0.