East Flanders
Arrondissement of Ghent
Destelbergen

Heusden

Heusden was a municipality located in the province of . In 1977 it merged with the municipality of , of which it is now part.
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  • Type: Village with 8,610 residents
  • Description: section of Destelbergen, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Heusden, Belgium”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Cross Church, Heusden and Kasteel Coninxdonck.

Church
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Holy Cross Church is a church in the Belgian sub-municipality of Heusden. The church was built in 1844 on the site of an older church. It is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

Castle
Photo: Queeste, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle.

Theme park
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a theme park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melle and Moscou.

Town
Photo: Wester, CC BY-SA 2.0 be.
is a former municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the villages of Gontrode and proper. On 1 January 2018 had a total population of 11,574. is situated 3 km south of Heusden.

Neighborhood
Photo: Gestebier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a densely populated neighbourhood of the city of , which owes its peculiar name to the presence of the Russian army in 1814-1815. is situated 3 km west of Heusden.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent. is situated 3½ km northwest of Heusden.

Heusden

Latitude
51.02868° or 51° 1′ 43″ north
Longitude
3.80031° or 3° 48′ 1″ east
Population
8,610
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE HZZ
Open location code
9F352RH2+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 73747446
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2795801
Wiki­data ID
Q389656
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Heusden” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Heusden”
  • Dutch: “Heusden (Oost-Vlaanderen)”
  • Dutch: “Heusden”
  • French: “Heusden”
  • German: “Destelbergen#Heusden”
  • Hungarian: “Heusden”
  • Irish: “Heusden”
  • Polish: “Heusden (Destelbergen)”
  • Polish: “Heusden”
  • Russian: “Хёсден”
  • Spanish: “Heusden”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heusden”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.