Ranst
Ranst is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Broechem, Emblem, Oelegem, and Ranst proper. In 2021, Ranst had a total population of 19,249. The total area is 43.58 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bossenstein Castle and Sint-Pancratiuskerk.
Bossenstein Castle
Castle
Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bossenstein Castle is a château in the village of Broechem, Flemish Region, Belgium, which is a part of the municipality of Ranst.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lier and Wommelgem.
Lier
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lier is a city of about 36,000 inhabitants in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. Lier is often overlooked by many international tourists, but can make an interesting day out from Antwerp or Mechelen.
Wommelgem
Town
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Wommelgem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Wommelgem proper. In 2021, Wommelgem had a total population of 12,991. The total area is 13.01 km².
Schilde
Town
Photo: Funkyxian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schilde is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Schilde proper and 's-Gravenwezel. In 2021, Schilde had a total population of 19,925. Schilde is situated 6 km north of Ranst.
Ranst
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.1897° or 51° 11′ 23″ northLongitude
4.5633° or 4° 33′ 48″ eastPopulation
18,100Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9F365HQ7+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 282492996OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2788349Wikidata ID
Q501748
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Ranst” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رنست”
- Basque: “Ranst”
- Breton: “Ranst”
- Bulgarian: “Ранст”
- Catalan: “Ranst”
- Cebuano: “Ranst (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Ranst”
- Chinese: “兰斯特”
- Chinese: “蘭斯特”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Ranst”
- Dutch: “Ranst(deelgemeente)”
- Dutch: “Ranst”
- Esperanto: “Ranst”
- French: “Ranst”
- German: “Ranst”
- Hungarian: “Ranst”
- Irish: “Ranst”
- Italian: “Ranst”
- Japanese: “ランスト”
- Lithuanian: “Ranstas”
- Low German: “Ranst”
- Luxembourgish: “Ranst”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ranst”
- Norwegian: “Ranst”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ranst”
- Persian: “رنست”
- Polish: “Ranst (Belgia)”
- Polish: “Ranst”
- Portuguese: “Ranst”
- Romanian: “Ranst”
- Russian: “Ранст”
- Slovak: “Ranst”
- Spanish: “Ranst”
- Swedish: “Ranst”
- Turkish: “Ranst”
- Vietnamese: “Ranst”
- Volapük: “Ranst”
- Waray (Philippines): “Ranst”
- Zeeuws: “Ranst”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Begraafplaats Ranst and Kasteel Doggenhout.
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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 “Ranst”. Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.