Ekeren

Ekeren is a northern district of the municipality of in the Flemish Region of . The suburb celebrated its 850th birthday in 2005; the name of the town was first mentioned in 1155, as "Hecerna".
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  • Town with 29,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • Description: district of the City of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Postal code: 2180
  • Also known as
    “Antwerpen (Ekeren)”
    “Eeckeren”
    “Hecerna”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Lambertuskerk and Akerbeeld.
Arafi, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a church.
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is a work of art.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luchtbal and Wilmarsdonk.
Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter, which is situated 3 km south of Ekeren.
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was a village in , north… is situated 3½ km west of Ekeren.
Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Ekeren.

Ekeren

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Latitude
51.2782° or 51° 16′ 42″ north
Longitude
4.42099° or 4° 25′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
BE EKE
Open location code
9F367CHC+79
Open­Street­Map ID
node 253184811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2798873
Wiki­data ID
Q1797837

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Ekeren” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Էքերեն”
  • Bengali: “একেরেন”
  • Catalan: “Ekeren”
  • Cebuano: “Ekeren”
  • Chinese: “埃克伦”
  • Chinese: “埃克倫”
  • Danish: “Ekeren”
  • Dutch: “Eeckeren”
  • Dutch: “Ekeren”
  • Dutch: “Hecerna”
  • Esperanto: “Ekeren”
  • French: “Ekeren”
  • Galician: “Ekeren”
  • German: “Ekeren”
  • Hungarian: “Ekeren”
  • Irish: “Ekeren”
  • Italian: “Ekeren”
  • Japanese: “エーケレン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ekeren”
  • Norwegian: “Ekeren”
  • Persian: “اکرن”
  • Polish: “Ekeren”
  • Portuguese: “Ekeren”
  • Romanian: “Ekeren”
  • Spanish: “Ekeren”
  • Swedish: “Ekeren”
  • Urdu: “ایکیرین”
  • Uzbek: “Ekeren”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Politie Ekeren and Kristus-Koningplein.

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