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Arrondissement of Mechelen
Puurs-Sint-Amands

Puurs

Puurs is a former municipality located in the province of Antwerp. It is located in the . The municipality comprised the towns of , , Kalfort, and Puurs proper.
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  • Type: Village with 15,900 residents
  • Description: deelgemeente in Puurs-Sint-Amands, Belgium
  • Postal code: 2870

Places of Interest

Highlights include Puurs railway station and St. Peter’s Church.

Railway station
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Church
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Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Liezele and Oppuurs.

Village
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is a village and deelgemeente of the municipality of in the province of , . The village is located about 20 kilometres south-south-west of the city of .

Village
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is a village in the province of Antwerp. It is a part of the municipality of . has 2,048 inhabitants as of 2021. is situated 3 km southwest of Puurs.

Village
is a village and deelgemeente of the municipality of in the province of , . The village is bordered to the north by the and to the east by the . It is located about 16 kilometres south-west of the city of . is situated 3 km north of Puurs.

Puurs

Latitude
51.07621° or 51° 4′ 34″ north
Longitude
4.28171° or 4° 16′ 54″ east
Population
15,900
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE PUU
Open location code
9F3637GJ+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240046265
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2788506
Wiki­data ID
Q908546
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Puurs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورس”
  • Basque: “Puurs”
  • Breton: “Puurs”
  • Bulgarian: “Пюрс”
  • Catalan: “Puurs”
  • Cebuano: “Puurs”
  • Chinese: “皮尔斯”
  • Chinese: “皮爾斯”
  • Czech: “Puurs”
  • Dutch: “Puurs”
  • Esperanto: “Puurs”
  • Estonian: “Puurs”
  • French: “Puers”
  • French: “Puurs”
  • German: “Puurs”
  • Hebrew: “פורס”
  • Hungarian: “Puurs”
  • Irish: “Puurs”
  • Italian: “Puurs”
  • Japanese: “プールス”
  • Lithuanian: “Pursas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Puurs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puurs”
  • Norwegian: “Puurs”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Puurs”
  • Persian: “پور”
  • Polish: “Puurs”
  • Portuguese: “Puurs”
  • Romanian: “Puurs”
  • Russian: “Пюрс”
  • Slovak: “Puurs”
  • Slovenian: “Puurs”
  • Spanish: “Puurs”
  • Swedish: “Puurs”
  • Turkish: “Puurs”
  • Vietnamese: “Puurs”
  • Volapük: “Puurs”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puurs”

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