Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement of Leuven
Herent

Herent

Herent is a municipality located in the province of . The municipality comprises the villages and former municipalities of Herent proper, Veltem-Beisem and Winksele.
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  • Type: Town with 20,400 residents
  • Description: municipality in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
  • Postal code: 3020

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herent railway station and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk.

Railway station
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Church
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is a church.

River
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The is a river in central , left tributary of the . It is 86 kilometres long. It flows through the Belgian provinces of , and Antwerp. is situated 2½ km east of Herent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilsele and Terbank.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. is situated 3 km east of Herent.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Herent.

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is a flourishing and lively city of about 100,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the province of . It's a genuine university city which reflects in the streets.

Herent

Latitude
50.90295° or 50° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
4.67283° or 4° 40′ 22″ east
Population
20,400
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Operator
Toerisme Vlaams-Brabant
United Nations Location Code
BE HEB
Open location code
9F26WM3F+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 83795795
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2796012
Wiki­data ID
Q930269
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Herent” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Herent”
  • Breton: “Herent”
  • Bulgarian: “Херент”
  • Catalan: “Herent”
  • Cebuano: “Herent”
  • Chinese: “海伦特”
  • Chinese: “海倫特”
  • Dutch: “Herent (Vlaams-Brabant)”
  • Dutch: “Herent”
  • Esperanto: “Herent”
  • French: “Herent”
  • German: “Herent”
  • German: “Veltem”
  • German: “Winksele”
  • Hungarian: “Herent”
  • Irish: “Herent”
  • Italian: “Herent”
  • Japanese: “ヘレント”
  • Lithuanian: “Herentas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Herent”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herent”
  • Norwegian: “Herent”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Herent”
  • Persian: “اران”
  • Polish: “Herent”
  • Portuguese: “Herent”
  • Romanian: “Herent”
  • Russian: “Херент”
  • Slovak: “Herent”
  • Slovenian: “Herent”
  • Spanish: “Herent”
  • Swedish: “Herent”
  • Turkish: “Herent”
  • Ukrainian: “Херент”
  • Vietnamese: “Herent”
  • Volapük: “Herent”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Herent”
  • Welsh: “Herent”
  • Zeeuws: “Herent”
  • “Herent”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include De Kouter - Het Huis van de Gemeente and Gemeentehuis Herent.

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