Watermael-Boitsfort

Watermael-Boitsfort or Watermaal-Bosvoorde, often simply called Boitsfort in French or Bosvoorde in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
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  • Type: Town with 25,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Also known as: “1170 Brüksel”, “1170 Brussel”, “1170 Bruxelles”, “Boitsfort”, “Boitsfortois(e)”, “Bosvoorde”, “Watermaal Bosvoorde”, “Watermaal-Boschvoorde”, “Watermael Boitsfort”, “Боафор”, “Босворде”, “Ватермал”, “Ватермал - Боафор”, “Ватермал-Босворде”, “Վատերմալ Բուաֆոր”, “اوئترمئل-بواتسفور”, “ヴァーテルマール＝ボスフォールデ”, and “ワーテルマール＝ボアフォール”
  • Postal code: 1170
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sonian Forest and Watermael-Boitsfort Municipal Hall.

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Town hall
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is a town hall.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Molenbeek and Le Logis.

Village
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is a village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Watermael-Boitsfort

Latitude
50.79811° or 50° 47′ 53″ north
Longitude
4.41764° or 4° 25′ 4″ east
Population
25,200
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
UN/LOCODE
BE WBV
Open location code
9F26QCX9+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 66501221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2783979
Wiki­data ID
Q272262
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Watermael-Boitsfort” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واترمال-بوافور”
  • Arabic: “واترميل بوآتسفور”
  • Armenian: “Վատերմալ-Բուաֆոր”
  • Basque: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Breton: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Bulgarian: “Ватермал - Босворде”
  • Catalan: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Cebuano: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Chinese: “瓦特尔马尔-布瓦福尔”
  • Chinese: “瓦特馬爾-博斯福德”
  • Chinese: “瓦特马尔-博斯福德”
  • Croatian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Czech: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Danish: “Watermael-Boitsfort / Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Danish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Dutch: “Brussel (Watermaal-Bosvoorde)”
  • Dutch: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Esperanto: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Estonian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Finnish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • French: “Bruxelles (Watermael-Boitsfort)”
  • French: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Galician: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • German: “Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Greek: “Ουατερμάλ-Μπουαφόρ”
  • Hungarian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Indonesian: “Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Irish: “Watermael-Boitsfort / Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Italian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Japanese: “ワーテルマール＝ボワフォール”
  • Korean: “와테르말부아포르”
  • Korean: “우아테르말부아포르”
  • Latin: “Watermala et Bostfort”
  • Limburgan: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Luxembourgish: “Watermael-Boitsfort - Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Luxembourgish: “Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Luxembourgish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Norwegian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Persian: “اوئترمئل-بوآتسفور”
  • Polish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Portuguese: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Romanian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Russian: “Ватермаль-Буафор”
  • Scots: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Watermaal-Boosvorde”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Silesian: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Slovak: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Slovenian: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Spanish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Swedish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Turkish: “Watermael-Boitsfort/Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Turkish: “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Ukrainian: “Ватермаль-Буафор”
  • Urdu: “واٹرمائل بوئٹسفورٹ”
  • Vlaams: “Woatermoal-Bosvôorde”
  • Volapük: “Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Walloon: “Watermål-et-Bosfoirt”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Watermael-Boitsfort”
  • Welsh: “Watermael-Boitsfort / Watermaal-Bosvoorde”
  • Zeeuws: “Waetermael-Bosvoorde”
  • “Watermael-Boitsfort”

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