Mesen
Mesen is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. On 1 January 2006, Mesen had a total population of 988. The total area is 3.58 km2 which gives a population density of 276 inhabitants per km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 975 residents
- Description: city in West Flanders, Belgium
- Also known as: “Meesen”, “Mesen - Messines”, and “Messines”
- Postal code: 8957
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Nicholas‘ Church and Messines Ridge British Cemetery.
Messines Ridge British Cemetery
Cemetery
Messines Ridge British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front.
Island of Ireland Peace Park Round Tower
Tower
The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park, also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wijtschate and Wulverghem.
Wijtschate
Village
Photo: Herpoel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wijtschate is a village, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Mesen.
Wulverghem
Village
Photo: Friedrich Tellberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wulverghem is a Belgian village. It is the smallest village in the Heuvelland Municipality, with 260 people, and a total area of 350 hectares. Wulverghem is situated 3 km west of Mesen.
Warneton
Village
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Warneton is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality of its own until the 1977 merger of Belgian municipalities. Warneton is situated 4 km east of Mesen.
Mesen
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Mesen, Arrondissement of Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.76542° or 50° 45′ 56″ northLongitude
2.89845° or 2° 53′ 54″ eastPopulation
975Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE MSEOpen location code
9F24QV8X+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 1678308936OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Mesen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميسن”
- Armenian: “Մեսեն”
- Basque: “Mesen”
- Breton: “Mesen”
- Bulgarian: “Месен”
- Catalan: “Mesen”
- Cebuano: “Mesen”
- Cebuano: “Messines”
- Chinese: “梅森”
- Czech: “Mesen”
- Danish: “Mesen”
- Danish: “Messines”
- Dutch: “Mesen”
- Dutch: “Messines”
- Esperanto: “Mesen”
- French: “Mesen”
- French: “Messines”
- German: “Mesen”
- German: “Messines”
- Hungarian: “Mesen”
- Irish: “Mesen”
- Italian: “Mesen”
- Italian: “Messines”
- Japanese: “メシーヌ”
- Japanese: “メセン”
- Latin: “Messina”
- Limburgan: “Mesen”
- Luxembourgish: “Mesen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mesen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Messines”
- Norwegian: “Mesen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Messines”
- Persian: “منان”
- Polish: “Mesen”
- Portuguese: “Mesen”
- Romanian: “Mesen”
- Romanian: “Messines”
- Russian: “Месен”
- Russian: “Мессин”
- Silesian: “Mesen”
- Slovak: “Mesen”
- Spanish: “Mesen”
- Swedish: “Mesen”
- Swedish: “Messines”
- Turkish: “Mesen”
- Turkish: “Messines”
- Vietnamese: “Mesen”
- Vlaams: “Mêesn”
- Vlaams: “Mesen”
- Volapük: “Mesen”
- Volapük: “Messines”
- Walloon: “Messene”
- Waray (Philippines): “Mesen”
- Western Frisian: “Mesen”
- Zeeuws: “Meês’n”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stadhuis Mesen - Hôtel de Ville de Messines and Christmas Truce.
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