Lontzen

Lontzen is a municipality located in East Belgium. On January 1, 2018 Lontzen had a total population of 5,695. The total area is 28.73 km. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lontzen proper, , and .
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  • Type: Village with 5,540 residents
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, East Belgium
  • Also known as: “63048”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Thor and Welkenraedt railway station.

Castle
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Railway station
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Welkenraedt is a railway station in the town of , Liège, . The station opened on 24 October 1843 and is located on lines 37, 39 and 49. Passenger services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Welkenraedt and Kelmis.

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is a municipality of located in the , . On January 1, 2018, had a total population of 9,920. The total area is 24.47 km.

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is a municipality of 11,000 people in the Belgian . It is of historic interest mostly because it used to be the capital of Neutral Moresnet, a de facto microstate between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, existing from 1816-1919.

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is a small town in the province of , Belgium. It is the capital of the German-speaking community of Belgium. Large parts of the municipality are covered by forests and the Hautes Fagnes wetlands.

Lontzen

Latitude
50.6805° or 50° 40′ 50″ north
Longitude
6.0072° or 6° 0′ 26″ east
Population
5,540
Elevation
223 metres (732 feet)
Open location code
9F28M2J4+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240128965
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2792120
Wiki­data ID
Q159958
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Lontzen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lontzen”
  • Breton: “Lontzen”
  • Bulgarian: “Лонцен”
  • Catalan: “Lontzen”
  • Cebuano: “Lontzen”
  • Chinese: “隆岑”
  • Dutch: “Lontzen”
  • Esperanto: “Lontzen”
  • Finnish: “Lontzen”
  • French: “Lontzen”
  • German: “Lontzen”
  • Hungarian: “Lontzen”
  • Irish: “Lontzen”
  • Italian: “Lontzen”
  • Japanese: “ロンツェン”
  • Limburgan: “Lontse”
  • Limburgan: “Lontzen”
  • Limburgan: “Loonze”
  • Lombard: “Lontzen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lontzen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lontzen”
  • Norwegian: “Lontzen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lontzen”
  • Persian: “لونتزان”
  • Polish: “Lontzen”
  • Portuguese: “Lontzen”
  • Romanian: “Lontzen”
  • Russian: “Лонтцен”
  • Russian: “Лонцен”
  • Slovak: “Lontzen”
  • Slovenian: “Lontzen”
  • Spanish: “Lontzen”
  • Swedish: “Lontzen”
  • Turkish: “Lontzen”
  • Urdu: “لونٹزن”
  • Vietnamese: “Lontzen”
  • Vlaams: “Lontzen”
  • Volapük: “Lontzen”
  • Walloon: “Lonzene”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lontzen”
  • Zeeuws: “Lontzen”

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