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Ganshoren

Ganshoren

Ganshoren 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 , , and , as well as the municipality of .
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  • Type: Town with 23,500 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  • Also known as: “Municipality of Ganshoren”
  • Postal code: 1083

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilique Nationale du Sacré-Cœur and Résidence Basilique.

Church
Photo: Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic minor basilica and in , Belgium. It is dedicated to the Sacred Heart, inspired by the in Paris.

Apartment building
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is an apartment building.

Castle
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is a 12th-century castle in Ganshoren, a municipality of , Belgium. The castle is surrounded by a pond, in a park of 10 hectares : Albert Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cité Moderne - Moderne Wijk and Het Heideken.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a district of Ganshoren, a municipality of , Belgium. The housing complex is uniquely shaped like a butterfly or kite and stretches across both sides of Avenue de l'Exposition Universelle/Wereldtentoonstellingslaan.

Town
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Berchem-Sainte-Agathe or , 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, , and , as well as the municipalities of and .

Ganshoren

Latitude
50.87033° or 50° 52′ 13″ north
Longitude
4.3078° or 4° 18′ 28″ east
Population
23,500
Elevation
49 metres (161 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE GHO
Open location code
9F26V8C5+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 66191039
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2797844
Wiki­data ID
Q366552
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Ganshoren” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գանսհորեն”
  • Basque: “Ganshoren”
  • Breton: “Ganshoren”
  • Bulgarian: “Гансорен”
  • Bulgarian: “Гансхорен”
  • Catalan: “Ganshoren”
  • Catalan: “Ganshorenois(e)”
  • Cebuano: “Ganshoren”
  • Chinese: “汉斯霍伦”
  • Chinese: “漢斯霍倫”
  • Croatian: “Ganshoren”
  • Danish: “Ganshoren”
  • Dutch: “Brussel (Ganshoren)”
  • Dutch: “Ganshoren”
  • Dutch: “Gemeente Ganshoren”
  • Esperanto: “Ganshoren”
  • Estonian: “Ganshoren”
  • French: “1083 Bruxelles”
  • French: “Bruxelles (Ganshoren)”
  • French: “Commune de Ganshoren”
  • French: “Ganshoren”
  • Galician: “Ganshoren”
  • German: “Ganshoren”
  • German: “Gemeinde Ganshoren”
  • Hungarian: “Ganshoren”
  • Indonesian: “Ganshoren”
  • Irish: “Ganshoren”
  • Italian: “Ganshoren”
  • Japanese: “ガンショアン”
  • Korean: “간소뢴”
  • Korean: “강소랑”
  • Latin: “Ganshorna”
  • Limburgan: “Ganshoren”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ganshoren”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ganshoren”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ganshoren”
  • Norwegian: “Ganshoren”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ganshoren”
  • Persian: “گانشوران”
  • Polish: “Ganshoren”
  • Portuguese: “Ganshoren”
  • Romanian: “Ganshoren”
  • Russian: “Гансорен”
  • Russian: “Гансхорен”
  • Scots: “Ganshoren”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ganshoren”
  • Slovak: “Ganshoren”
  • Spanish: “Ganshoren”
  • Swedish: “Ganshoren”
  • Turkish: “1083 Bruxelles”
  • Turkish: “Ganshoren”
  • Ukrainian: “Гансгорен”
  • Ukrainian: “Гансхорен”
  • Urdu: “گانسہورین”
  • Uzbek: “Ganshoren”
  • Vlaams: “Ganshoren”
  • Volapük: “Ganshoren”
  • Walloon: “Gansoren”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ganshoren”
  • Zeeuws: “Ganshoren”

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