Geraardsbergen
Geraardsbergen is a beautiful city in the southeastern corner of East Flanders. The city was founded in 1068 by Duke of Flanders Boudewijn IV. The reason of its foundation was because of the strategic position right on the borders of Hainaut and Brabant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oudenberg and Raspaillebos.
Raspaillebos
Nature reserve
Photo: FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Raspaillebos is a forest area in the Flemish Ardennes in the south of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The forest area of 50 hectares is located on the territory of the municipality of Geraardsbergen, near the provincial border with Galmaarden in Flemish Brabant.
Bosberg
Peak
Photo: FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bosberg is a hill in the Pajottenland in Belgium with its top located on the border of East Flanders and Flemish Brabant. The road leading to the top is surfaced in concrete in the lower parts and cobbled in the steep upper parts of the hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galmaarden and Idegem.
Galmaarden
Village
Photo: Funkyxian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Galmaarden is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Geraardsbergen.
Geraardsbergen
- Type: Locality with 33,400 residents
- Also known as: “41018”, “Geeraardsbergen”, and “赫拉爾茲貝亨”
- Location: Arrondissement of Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.7804° or 50° 46′ 49″ northLongitude
3.907° or 3° 54′ 25″ eastPopulation
33,400Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open location code
9F25QWJ4+5QGeoNames ID
2797639
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Geraardsbergen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Geraardsbergen”
- Breton: “Geraardsbergen”
- Bulgarian: “Герардсберген”
- Catalan: “Geraardsbergen”
- Cebuano: “Geraardsbergen”
- Chinese: “赫拉尔兹贝亨”
- Danish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Dutch: “Geraardsbergen”
- Esperanto: “Geraardsbergen”
- Estonian: “Geraardsbergen”
- French: “Geraardsbergen”
- French: “Grammont”
- German: “Geraardsbergen”
- Hungarian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Irish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Italian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Japanese: “ヘラールツベルヘン”
- Latin: “Gerardimontium”
- Latvian: “Gerārdsbergena”
- Lithuanian: “Gėrarsbergenas”
- Luxembourgish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Macedonian: “Герардсберген”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Geraardsbergen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Geraardsbergen”
- Persian: “ژراردزبرژان”
- Polish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Portuguese: “Geraardsbergen”
- Romanian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Russian: “Герардсберген”
- Serbian: “Герардсберген”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Slovak: “Geraardsbergen”
- Spanish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Swahili: “Geraardsbergen”
- Swedish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Turkish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Vietnamese: “Geraardsbergen”
- Vlaams: “Geroardsbergn”
- Volapük: “Geraardsbergen”
- Walloon: “Geraardsbergen”
- Waray (Philippines): “Geraardsbergen”
- Zeeuws: “Geraerdsbergen”
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