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Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde

Merchtem

Merchtem is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the villages of Brussegem and Hamme, the hamlets of and Peizegem, and Merchtem proper.
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  • Type: Town with 16,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
  • Also known as: “23052”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk and Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Onbevlekt-Ontvangenkerk (Peizegem).

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Opwijk and Asse.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the towns of and proper. On January 1, 2012, had a total population of 13,990. The total area is 19.69 km.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . It comprises the towns of proper, , , , and . is situated 6 km south of Merchtem.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , , . It used to be a municipality on its own but now is a part of Asse. has a railway station on line 60 between and .

Merchtem

Latitude
50.9594° or 50° 57′ 34″ north
Longitude
4.2336° or 4° 14′ 1″ east
Population
16,600
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
9F26X65M+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 388500555
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2791324
Wiki­data ID
Q912106
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Merchtem” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Merchtem”
  • Breton: “Merchtem”
  • Bulgarian: “Мерхтем”
  • Catalan: “Merchtem”
  • Cebuano: “Merchtem (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Merchtem”
  • Chinese: “梅尔赫特姆”
  • Chinese: “梅爾赫特姆”
  • Danish: “Merchtem”
  • Dutch: “Merchtem”
  • Esperanto: “Merchtem”
  • French: “Merchtem”
  • German: “Merchtem”
  • Hebrew: “מרצ’טם”
  • Hungarian: “Merchtem”
  • Irish: “Merchtem”
  • Italian: “Merchtem”
  • Lithuanian: “Merčtemas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Merchtem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merchtem”
  • Norwegian: “Merchtem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Merchtem”
  • Persian: “مرکتم”
  • Polish: “Merchtem”
  • Portuguese: “Merchtem”
  • Romanian: “Merchtem”
  • Russian: “Мерхтем”
  • Slovak: “Merchtem”
  • Spanish: “Merchtem”
  • Swedish: “Merchtem”
  • Turkish: “Merchtem”
  • Vietnamese: “Merchtem”
  • Vlaams: “Merchtem”
  • Volapük: “Merchtem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Merchtem”
  • Zeeuws: “Merchtem”
  • “Merchtem”

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