Menen

Menen is a city and municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and .
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  • Type: Town with 31,900 residents
  • Description: city in West Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: Meenen” and “Menin
  • Postal code: 8930
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belfry of Menen and Sint-Vedastuskerk.

Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halluin and Rekkem.

Town
is a commune in the department in northern .

Suburb
is a section of the Belgian city of Menen, in the province of . Until 1977, it was an independent municipality. It was called Retchème in Picard. is situated 3 km east of Menen.

Village
is a town in the province of . It is contained within the municipality of . The town is known for the "yawning festival". is situated 3½ km northwest of Menen.

Menen

Latitude
50.79601° or 50° 47′ 46″ north
Longitude
3.12089° or 3° 7′ 15″ east
Population
31,900
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE MEN
Open location code
9F25Q4WC+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1678309134
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2791343
Wiki­data ID
Q213224
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Menen” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Մենեն
  • Basque: Menen
  • Belarusian: Менен
  • Belarusian: Мэнэн
  • Breton: Menen
  • Bulgarian: Менен
  • Catalan: Menen
  • Cebuano: Menen
  • Chinese: 梅嫩
  • Czech: Menen
  • Danish: Menen
  • Dutch: Menen
  • Egyptian Arabic: مينين
  • Esperanto: Menen
  • Faroese: Menen
  • French: Menin
  • French: Ménin
  • German: Menen
  • Hebrew: מנן
  • Hungarian: Menen
  • Hungarian: Menin
  • Irish: Menen
  • Italian: Menen
  • Italian: Menin
  • Japanese: メーネン
  • Kalaallisut: Menen‘
  • Latin: Monena
  • Limburgan: Menen
  • Lithuanian: Menenas
  • Luxembourgish: Menen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Menen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Menen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Menin
  • Norwegian: Menen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Menin
  • Persian: مزان
  • Persian: منن
  • Polish: Menen
  • Portuguese: Menen
  • Romanian: Menen
  • Russian: Менен
  • Saterfriesisch: Menen
  • Scottish Gaelic: Menen
  • Serbian: Menen
  • Serbian: Менен
  • Slovak: Menen
  • Spanish: Menen
  • Swahili: Menen
  • Swedish: Menen
  • Turkish: Menen
  • Turkish: Menin
  • Ukrainian: Менен
  • Urdu: مینین
  • Vlaams: Mêende
  • Vlaams: Meenn
  • Vlaams: Mêenn
  • Vlaams: Menen
  • Vlaams: Mjeenn
  • Vlaams: Mjinde
  • Vlaams: Mjinnde
  • Volapük: Menen
  • Volapük: Menin
  • Waray (Philippines): Menen
  • Welsh: Menen
  • Western Frisian: Menen
  • Zeeuws: Meên’n

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