East Flanders
Arrondissement Sint-Niklaas
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht

Melsele

Melsele is a town in the province of , between the city of and the nearby town of . Tram route 3 which starts just outside the town connects it to Zwijndrecht and .
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  • Type: Village with 10,900 residents
  • Description: section of Beveren, Belgium
  • Postal code: 9120

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Our Lady, Melsele and Sint-Jan Evangelistkerk.

Church
The Church of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic in Melsele, in the municipality of , in , Belgium. It is a registered heritage site.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beveren and Zwijndrecht.

Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is municipality of 48,000 people between and in , . The municipality comprises the towns of proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene.

Town
Photo: Torsade de Pointes, CC0.
is a former municipality located in the Flemish province of , in . On January 1, 2025, it fused with the municipalities of and to form the new municipality of Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht, which resulted in it moving from the to that of East Flanders. is situated 3½ km east of Melsele.

Village
is a village and deelgemeente of in , . was an independent municipality until 1 January 1977, when it merged with Beveren as part of the fusion of municipalities in Belgium. is situated 3½ km north of Melsele.

Melsele

Latitude
51.22114° or 51° 13′ 16″ north
Longitude
4.28215° or 4° 16′ 56″ east
Population
10,900
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE MLE
Open location code
9F3667CJ+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2575604142
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2791366
Wiki­data ID
Q3305287
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Melsele” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Melsele”
  • Bulgarian: “Мелселе”
  • Cebuano: “Melsele”
  • Chinese: “馬爾賽爾”
  • Chinese: “马尔赛尔”
  • Dutch: “Meilsen”
  • Dutch: “Melsele”
  • French: “Melsele-Waas”
  • French: “Melsele”
  • German: “Melsele”
  • Hungarian: “Melsele”
  • Irish: “Melsele”
  • Italian: “Melsele”
  • Persian: “مل‌سل”
  • Polish: “Melsele”
  • Russian: “Мелселе”
  • Spanish: “Melsele”
  • Swedish: “Melsele”

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Highlights include De Nieuwe Sabot and Permanentie Melsele.

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