Groot-Bijgaarden
Groot-Bijgaarden is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Dilbeek, a suburb of Brussels, in Flanders, Belgium.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Village with 8,150 residents
- Description: section of Dilbeek, Belgium
- Also known as: “Dilbeek (Groot-Bijgaarden)”
- Postal code: 1702
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sint-Egidiuskerk and Groot-Bijgaarden Castle.
Groot-Bijgaarden Castle
Castle
Photo: Michel wal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Groot-Bijgaarden Castle is a 12th-century castle in Groot-Bijgaarden in the municipality of Dilbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The castle was built for Almaric de Bigard, the first lord of Bigard.
Groot-Bijgaarden railway station
Railway stop
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Groot-Bijgaarden railway station is a railway stop.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zellik and Sint-Agatha-Berchem.
Zellik
Village
Zellik is an urbanised town with over 8,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Asse, in the province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. As a suburb on the northwest edge of Brussels, it is separated from the rest of the agglomeration by the R0 ring road around the city.
Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Town
Photo: Szybcia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe or Sint-Agatha-Berchem, often simply called Berchem, 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 Ganshoren, Koekelberg, and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, as well as the Flemish municipalities of Asse and Dilbeek.
Bekkerzeel
Village
Photo: Funkyxian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bekkerzeel is a submunicipality of Asse in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977. Bekkerzeel is situated 2½ km northwest of Groot-Bijgaarden.
Groot-Bijgaarden
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Dilbeek, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.87071° or 50° 52′ 15″ northLongitude
4.26515° or 4° 15′ 55″ eastPopulation
8,150Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 251470642OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Groot-Bijgaarden” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- Chinese: “大拜哈尔登”
- Chinese: “大拜哈爾登”
- Dutch: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- French: “Grand-Bigard”
- French: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- German: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- Hungarian: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- Irish: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
- Japanese: “フロート・ベイハールデン”
- Polish: “Groot-Bijgaarden”
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Highlights include Bijgaardenplein and Kasteeldomein van Groot-Bijgaarden.
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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 “Groot-Bijgaarden”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.