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Hoogstraten

Hoogstraten

Hoogstraten is a locality in , , and has about 18,500 residents. Hoogstraten is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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  • Type: Locality with 18,500 residents
  • Description: town in Hoogstraten municipality, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Hoogstraeten”
  • Postal code: 2320

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Catherine’s Church and Béguinage of Hoogstraten.

Church
St. Catherine's Church in , Belgium, was built between 1525 and 1550 by order of Antoon van Lalaing and Elisabeth van Culemborg, Count and Countess of the County of Hoogstraten.

Protected area
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a protected area.

Windmill
Photo: ReneeWrites, CC BY 4.0.
is a windmill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minderhout and Wortel.

Village
is a village in the municipality of in the province of Antwerp close to the border with the . As of 2021, it has about 4,420 inhabitants.

Village
is a village in the Belgian municipality of . As of 2021, it has 1,844 inhabitants. The toponym means carrot or root in Dutch. was established in the early 19th century by the Society of Benevolence as a farming colony for the able-bodied working poor. is situated 2½ km east of Hoogstraten.

Village
is a village in the Belgian municipality of in the province of Antwerp. As of 2021, it has 3,542 inhabitants. is situated 5 km north of Hoogstraten.

Hoogstraten

Latitude
51.40029° or 51° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
4.76034° or 4° 45′ 37″ east
Population
18,500
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE HOO
Open location code
9F36CQ26+44
Geo­Names ID
2795398
Wiki­data ID
Q31824034
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Hoogstraten” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوخستراتن”
  • Asturian: “Hoogstraten”
  • Bulgarian: “Хогстратен”
  • Catalan: “Hoogstraten”
  • Cebuano: “Hoogstraten”
  • Chinese: “霍赫斯特拉滕”
  • Dutch: “Hoogstraten”
  • Finnish: “Hoogstraten”
  • French: “Hoogstraten”
  • German: “Hoogstraten”
  • Persian: “اوگسترتان”
  • Russian: “Хогстратен”
  • Swedish: “Hoogstraten”

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