Buizingen
Buizingen is a village in the municipality of Halle, Belgium. It is around 15 km southwest of the centre of Brussels. On 15 February 2010, 19 people died and 171 were injured in a train collision in Buizingen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 6,370 residents
- Description: section of Halle, Belgium
- Also known as: “Buysinghen” and “Halle (Buizingen)”
- Postal code: 1501
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kasteel van Buizingen and Bailey bridge.
Bailey bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ziko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, pre-fabricated, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British for military use during the Second World War and saw extensive use by British, Canadian and American military engineering units.
Halle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Yosephus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Halle railway station is a railway station in Halle, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 18 May 1840 and is located on the HSL 1, as well as railway lines 26, 94, and 96.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huizingen and Lot.
Lot
Village
Photo: Napoleon Vier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lot is a village in the municipality of Beersel, Belgium. A formerly autonomous village, it was merged with the villages of Beersel, Alsemberg, Dworp, and Huizingen to create the Beersel municipality. Lot is situated 3 km northeast of Buizingen.
Lembeek
Village
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY 2.5.
Lembeek is a village with a population of 7,256 in the municipality of Halle, Belgium. Lembeek is situated 3½ km southwest of Buizingen.
Buizingen
- Categories: municipality section and locality
- Location: Halle, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.74123° or 50° 44′ 28″ northLongitude
4.24935° or 4° 14′ 58″ eastPopulation
6,370Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)United Nations Location Code
BE BUZOpen location code
9F26P6RX+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 355915739OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Buizingen” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Буизинген”
- Catalan: “Buizingen”
- Cebuano: “Buizingen”
- Chinese: “伯伊津恩”
- Danish: “Buizingen”
- Dutch: “Buizingen”
- French: “Buizingen”
- Hungarian: “Buizingen”
- Irish: “Buizingen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buizingen”
- Norwegian: “Buizingen”
- Persian: “بوییزینگن”
- Polish: “Buizingen”
- Romanian: “Buizingen”
- Swedish: “Buizingen”
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