Kraainem

Kraainem is a municipality on the outskirts of the Capital Region, administratively belonging to . It began as a rural village, but the expansion of Brussels has led to a fast-paced urbanization of Kraainem throughout the 20th century, and the municipality has become a popular residence for Eurocrats and expats alike.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Brussels Airport and Hof ter Musschen.

is the main of . It is located in the municipality of in , 12 kilometres northeast of .

Convention center
is a convention center.

University
UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe, also known as Louvain-en-Woluwe or Alma, is a campus of the University of Louvain in , . The campus, built in the 1970s following the Leuven crisis, houses the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, Pharmacy and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zaventem and North-East.

is a municipality in the province of , in the Flemish region of . It is located in the Dijleland area, one of the three large recreational areas which together form the Groene Gordel around the .

The of is a residential and commercial district of 's capital, bordering to the south-west and to the south.

Kraainem

Latitude
50.862° or 50° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
4.4718° or 4° 28′ 18″ east
Population
13,700
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
Open location code
9F26VF6C+QP
Geo­Names ID
2794017
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Kraainem” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Kraainem
  • Breton: Kraainem
  • Bulgarian: Крайнем
  • Catalan: Kraainem
  • Cebuano: Kraainem
  • Chinese: 克拉伊内姆
  • Dutch: Kraainem
  • Esperanto: Kraainem
  • French: Kraainem
  • German: Kraainem
  • Hungarian: Kraainem
  • Irish: Kraainem
  • Italian: Kraainem
  • Lithuanian: Krainemas
  • Luxembourgish: Kraainem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kraainem
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kraainem
  • Persian: کرنم
  • Polish: Kraainem
  • Portuguese: Kraainem
  • Romanian: Kraainem
  • Russian: Крайнем
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kraainem
  • Slovak: Kraainem
  • Spanish: Kraainem
  • Swedish: Kraainem
  • Turkish: Kraainem
  • Vietnamese: Kraainem
  • Volapük: Kraainem
  • Waray (Philippines): Kraainem
  • Zeeuws: Kraainem

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