Voeren

Voeren is a Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the province of . Bordering the to the north and the region's to the south, it is geographically detached from the rest of Flanders, making Voeren an exclave of Flanders.
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  • Type: Locality with 4,150 residents
  • Description: municipality in Limburg, Belgium
  • Also known as: 73109” and “Fourons

Places of Interest

Highlights include Veltmanshuis and Ottegraeven Castle.

Community center
is a community center.

Castle
Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Pieters-Voeren and Dalhem.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a municipality of located in the , . On 1 January 2012 had a total population of 6,996. The total area is 36.06 km. The name is of Germanic origin and means "place of residence in the valley". is situated 6 km southwest of Voeren.

Village
is a village in the province of . It is located in the municipality of and about 12 km southeast of . is situated 3½ km north of Voeren.

Voeren

Latitude
50.7503° or 50° 45′ 1″ north
Longitude
5.7845° or 5° 47′ 4″ east
Population
4,150
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
9F27QQ2M+4Q
Geo­Names ID
2786584
Wiki­data ID
Q460479
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Voeren” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Voeren
  • Afrikaans: Voerstreek
  • Arabic: فورين
  • Basque: Voeren
  • Breton: Voeren
  • Bulgarian: Вурен
  • Catalan: Fourons
  • Catalan: Furons
  • Catalan: Voeren
  • Cebuano: Voeren
  • Chinese: 富伦
  • Chinese: 富倫
  • Dutch: Fourons
  • Dutch: Voeren
  • Dutch: Voerstreek
  • Esperanto: Voeren
  • Finnish: Fourons
  • Finnish: Voere
  • Finnish: Voeren
  • French: Fourons
  • French: Voeren
  • German: Fourons
  • German: Voeren
  • Hungarian: Voeren
  • Ido: Voeren
  • Indonesian: Fourons
  • Indonesian: Voeren
  • Irish: Voeren
  • Italian: Fourons
  • Italian: Voeren
  • Japanese: フーレン
  • Latin: Forum
  • Limburgan: Voere (gemeinte)
  • Limburgan: Voere
  • Limburgan: Voerstreek
  • Lithuanian: Vurenas
  • Luxembourgish: Voeren
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Voeren
  • Norwegian: Voeren
  • Occitan (post 1500): Voeren
  • Persian: ووئران
  • Polish: Voeren
  • Portuguese: Voeren
  • Romanian: Voeren
  • Russian: Вурен
  • Russian: Фурон
  • Silesian: Voeren
  • Slovak: Fourons
  • Slovak: Voeren
  • Slovenian: Fourons
  • Slovenian: Voeren
  • Spanish: Fourons
  • Spanish: Voeren
  • Swedish: Voeren
  • Thai: Voeren
  • Thai: ฟุเริน
  • Turkish: Fourons
  • Turkish: Voeren
  • Vietnamese: Voeren
  • Volapük: Fourons
  • Volapük: Voeren
  • Waray (Philippines): Voeren
  • Zeeuws: Voeren

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