Merksem

Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of in the Flemish Region of . It has 47,525 inhabitants as of 2025. It was a separate municipality until 1983.
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Wikipedia
Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Town with 48,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
  • Description: district of the City of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Postal code: 2170
  • Also known as
    “Antwerpen (Merksem)”
    “Mercksem”
    “Mercxem”
    “Merxem”
    “梅克桑”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Districtshuis Merksem and Sint-Bartholomeuskerk.
Ziyalistix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town hall.
Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a church.
Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Antwerp-Luchtbal is a railway station in the north of the city of , Antwerp, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Den Dam and Luchtbal.
is an area in northern .
Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.
is a neighborhood in the municipality of .

Merksem

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Latitude
51.24389° or 51° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
4.43972° or 4° 26′ 23″ east
UN/LOCODE
BE MRK
Open location code
9F366CVQ+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253247990
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2791301
Wiki­data ID
Q2543761

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vlaams—“Merksem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركسيم”
  • Armenian: “Մերքսեմ”
  • Breton: “Merksem”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерксем”
  • Catalan: “Merksem”
  • Cebuano: “Merksem”
  • Chinese: “梅克瑟姆”
  • Danish: “Merksem”
  • Dutch: “Merksem”
  • Esperanto: “Merksem”
  • French: “Merksem”
  • Galician: “Merksem”
  • German: “Merksem”
  • Hebrew: “מרקסם”
  • Hungarian: “Merksem”
  • Irish: “Merksem”
  • Italian: “Merksem”
  • Japanese: “メルクセム”
  • Persian: “مرک‌سام”
  • Polish: “Merksem”
  • Romanian: “Merksem”
  • Russian: “Мерксем”
  • Slovenian: “Merksem”
  • Spanish: “Merksem”
  • Swedish: “Merksem”
  • Uzbek: “Merksem”
  • Vlaams: “Merksem”

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