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Koekelberg

Koekelberg

Koekelberg is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by , , , and .
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  • Type: Town with 22,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Den Platoo” and “Municipality of Koekelberg”
  • Postal code: 1081

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. Anne and Place Henri Vanhuffel - Henri Vanhuffelplein.

Church
Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Photo: Romaine, CC0.

Park
Photo: DSParnasse, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maritime Quarter and Molenbeek and surroundings.

Neighborhood
The is a quarter of , Belgium. Located in the north of the municipality of , with a piece extending into the , it lies adjacent to the and forms part of the broader Canal Zone, an area that has long served as a logistical and economic artery for the city.

Photo: Sally V, CC BY 4.0.
Molenbeek and neighbouring quarters in have a bit of a shoddy reputation, in part due to overhyped media reports and in part due to genuine issues.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mario Scolas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Koekelberg

Latitude
50.8606° or 50° 51′ 38″ north
Longitude
4.33155° or 4° 19′ 54″ east
Population
22,000
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE KOE
Open location code
9F26V86J+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 66192903
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2794190
Wiki­data ID
Q219244
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Koekelberg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوكلبرغ”
  • Armenian: “Կուկելբերգ”
  • Basque: “Koekelberg”
  • Belarusian: “Кукельберг”
  • Breton: “Koekelberg”
  • Bulgarian: “Кукелберг”
  • Catalan: “Koekelberg”
  • Catalan: “Koekelbergeois(e)”
  • Cebuano: “Koekelberg”
  • Chinese: “库克尔贝尔赫”
  • Chinese: “库克尔贝赫”
  • Chinese: “庫克爾貝赫”
  • Croatian: “Koekelberg”
  • Czech: “Koekelberg”
  • Danish: “Koekelberg”
  • Dutch: “Brussel (Koekelberg)”
  • Dutch: “Den Platoo”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Koekelberg”
  • Dutch: “Koekelberg”
  • Esperanto: “Koekelberg”
  • Estonian: “Koekelberg”
  • Finnish: “Koekelberg”
  • French: “1081 Bruxelles”
  • French: “Bruxelles (Koekelberg)”
  • French: “Commune de Koekelberg”
  • French: “Den Platoo”
  • French: “Koekelberg”
  • Galician: “Koekelberg”
  • German: “Gemeinde Koekelberg”
  • German: “Koekelberg”
  • Greek: “Κοεκελμπέργκ”
  • Hungarian: “Koekelberg”
  • Indonesian: “Koekelberg”
  • Irish: “Koekelberg”
  • Italian: “Koekelberg”
  • Japanese: “コクルベール”
  • Korean: “쿠켈베르흐”
  • Korean: “쿠쾰베르그”
  • Latin: “Cuckelberga”
  • Limburgan: “Koekelberg”
  • Luxembourgish: “Koekelberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koekelberg”
  • Norwegian: “Koekelberg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Koekelberg”
  • Persian: “کوئکولبرگ”
  • Polish: “Koekelberg”
  • Portuguese: “Koekelberg”
  • Romanian: “Koekelberg”
  • Russian: “Кокельберг”
  • Russian: “Кукелберг”
  • Russian: “Кукельберг”
  • Scots: “Koekelberg”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Koekelberg”
  • Slovak: “Koekelberg”
  • Spanish: “Koekelberg”
  • Swedish: “Koekelberg”
  • Turkish: “1081 Bruxelles”
  • Turkish: “Den Platoo”
  • Turkish: “Koekelberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Кукельберг”
  • Urdu: “کوکیلبرخ”
  • Uzbek: “Koekelberg”
  • Vlaams: “Koekelberg”
  • Volapük: “Koekelberg”
  • Walloon: “Coukelber”
  • Walloon: “Den Platoo”
  • Walloon: “Koekelberg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Koekelberg”
  • Zeeuws: “Koekelberg”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maison communale de Koekelberg - Gemeentehuis Koekelberg and Espace Cadol.

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