Flanders
Flemish Brabant
Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde

Affligem

Affligem is a municipality located some 20 km west-north-west of in the province of , not far from the city of and the important railway junction of .
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  • Type: Town with 13,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
  • Also known as: “23105”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Affligem Abbey and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk.

Monastery
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is a Benedictine abbey in the historic village of , now in the municipality of Affligem, , , 19 km to the north-west of .

Church
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is a church.

Church
Photo: Maarten Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aalst and Liedekerke.

Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in , . A medium-sized town by Belgian standards, with a population of around 77,000 people. is between the larger city of and the capital, .

Town
Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality located in the province of . On January 1, 2006, had a total population of 11,920. It is also situated in the Pajottenland.The total area is 10.08 km. means "church on the little hill."… is situated 4 km southwest of Affligem.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of . It comprises the towns of proper, , , , and . is situated 6 km east of Affligem.

Affligem

Latitude
50.9035° or 50° 54′ 13″ north
Longitude
4.1175° or 4° 7′ 3″ east
Population
13,200
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
9F26W438+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290930345
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2798612
Wiki­data ID
Q382860
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Affligem” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Affligem, België”
  • Afrikaans: “Affligem”
  • Basque: “Affligem”
  • Belarusian: “Афлігем”
  • Breton: “Affligem”
  • Bulgarian: “Афлигем”
  • Catalan: “Affligem”
  • Cebuano: “Affligem”
  • Chinese: “阿夫利海姆”
  • Dutch: “Affligem”
  • Esperanto: “Affligem”
  • French: “Affligem”
  • French: “Afflighem”
  • German: “Affligem (Bier)”
  • German: “Affligem”
  • German: “Afflighem”
  • Hungarian: “Affligem”
  • Irish: “Affligem”
  • Italian: “Affligem (comune)”
  • Italian: “Affligem”
  • Luxembourgish: “Affligem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Affligem”
  • Norwegian: “Affligem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Affligem”
  • Persian: “افلیژم”
  • Polish: “Affligem”
  • Portuguese: “Affligem”
  • Romanian: “Affligem”
  • Russian: “Аффлигем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Affligem”
  • Slovak: “Affligem”
  • Slovenian: “Affigem”
  • Spanish: “Affligem”
  • Swedish: “Affligem, Belgien”
  • Swedish: “Affligem”
  • Turkish: “Affligem”
  • Turkish: “Afflighem”
  • Vietnamese: “Affligem”
  • Vlaams: “Affligem”
  • Volapük: “Affligem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Affligem”
  • Zeeuws: “Affligem”
  • “Affligem”

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