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Wilrijk

Wilrijk is a district of the municipality and city of in the province of Antwerp. Wilrijk had been a separate municipality before January 1, 1983; the enlarged municipality of Antwerp was decentralized in 2000 and Wilrijk became one of the city's nine districts.
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  • Type: Borough with 41,400 residents
  • Description: district of the City of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Antwerpen (Wilrijk)” and “Wilryck”
  • Postal code: 2610

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jain Tempel of Antwerp and Olympisch Stadion.

Jain temple
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The Shankheshwar Parshvanath Jain Temple is a Jain temple located in the municipality Wilrijk of , . It is currently the only Jain temple in continental Europe.

Stadium
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The or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in . For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball events.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort 6 and Fort 8.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of proper. In 2021, had a total population of 22,244.

Wilrijk

Latitude
51.17009° or 51° 10′ 12″ north
Longitude
4.39426° or 4° 23′ 39″ east
Population
41,400
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE WIL
Open location code
9F3659CV+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27505043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
2783615
Wiki­data ID
Q2687417
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wilrijk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wilrijk”
  • Aragonese: “Wilrijk”
  • Armenian: “Վիլրեյք”
  • Arpitan: “Wilrijk”
  • Asturian: “Wilrijk”
  • Basque: “Wilrijk”
  • Bavarian: “Wilrijk”
  • Belarusian: “Вілрэйк”
  • Belarusian: “Вільрэйк”
  • Breton: “Wilrijk”
  • Bulgarian: “Вилрейк”
  • Catalan: “Wilrijk”
  • Cebuano: “Wilrijk”
  • Chinese: “維爾賴克”
  • Chinese: “维尔赖克”
  • Corsican: “Wilrijk”
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  • German: “Wilrijk”
  • Greek: “Βίλρεκ”
  • Hebrew: “וילריק”
  • Hungarian: “Wilrijk”
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  • Irish: “Wilrijk”
  • Italian: “Wilrijk”
  • Japanese: “ウィルライク”
  • Japanese: “ウィルレイク”
  • Kongo: “Wilrijk”
  • Latin: “Villariacum”
  • Latin: “Wilrica”
  • Ligurian: “Wilrijk”
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wilrijk”
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  • Norwegian: “Wilrijk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Wilrijk”
  • Persian: “ویلریج”
  • Picard: “Wilrijk”
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  • Romanian: “Wilrijk”
  • Romansh: “Wilrijk”
  • Russian: “Вилрейк”
  • Sardinian: “Wilrijk”
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  • Scottish Gaelic: “Wilrijk”
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  • Slovenian: “Wilrijk”
  • Spanish: “Wilrijck”
  • Spanish: “Wilrijk”
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  • Swedish: “Wilrijk”
  • Swiss German: “Wilrijk”
  • Turkish: “Villariacum”
  • Turkish: “Wilrijk”
  • Venetian: “Wilrijk”
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  • Welsh: “Wilrijk”
  • Wolof: “Wilrijk”
  • Yiddish: “ווילרייק”
  • Zulu: “Wilrijk”
  • “Wilrijk”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Wilrijk-Centrum and De Bist.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stenen schandpaal and Districtshuis Wilrijk.

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