Beauvechain
Beauvechain is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 6,529 inhabitants.- Type: Town with 6,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “25005”, “Bauvètchén”, “Bovetche”, “Bovetché”, “Bovètche”, “Bovètché”, “Bôvetche”, “Bôvetché”, “Bôvètche”, “Bovetchen”, and “Бовешэн”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Beauvechain Air Base and Saint Martin’s Church.
Valduc Abbey
Castle
Valduc Abbey was a Cistercian monastery for nuns founded around 1232. Valduc Abbey is situated 3½ km west of Beauvechain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bierbeek and Hamme-Mille.
Bierbeek
Village
Bierbeek is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Bierbeek is situated 5 km north of Beauvechain.
Hamme-Mille
Village
Hamme-Mille is a district of the municipality… Hamme-Mille is situated 3½ km west of Beauvechain.
Beauvechain
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.7809° or 50° 46′ 51″ north
Longitude
4.7717° or 4° 46′ 18″ east
Population
6,000
Elevation
86 metres (282 feet)
Open location code
9F26QQJC+9M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Beauvechain” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Beauvechain”
- Basque: “Beauvechain”
- Breton: “Beauvechain”
- Bulgarian: “Бовшен”
- Catalan: “Beauvechain”
- Cebuano: “Beauvechain (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Beauvechain”
- Chinese: “博沃尚”
- Danish: “Beauvechain”
- Dutch: “Beauvechain”
- Dutch: “Bevekom”
- Esperanto: “Beauvechain”
- Finnish: “Beauvechain”
- French: “Beauvechain”
- German: “Beauvechain”
- Hungarian: “Beauvechain”
- Irish: “Beauvechain”
- Italian: “Beauvechain”
- Japanese: “ボーヴシェン”
- Luxembourgish: “Beauvechain”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beauvechain”
- Norwegian: “Beauvechain”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Beauvechain”
- Persian: “بووشن”
- Polish: “Beauvechain”
- Portuguese: “Beauvechain”
- Romanian: “Beauvechain”
- Russian: “Бовешен”
- Russian: “Бовшен”
- Slovak: “Beauvechain”
- Slovenian: “Beauvechain”
- Spanish: “Beauvechain”
- Swedish: “Beauvechain”
- Turkish: “Beauvechain”
- Ukrainian: “Бовешен”
- Urdu: “بیووچین”
- Vietnamese: “Beauvechain”
- Vlaams: “Bevekom”
- Volapük: “Beauvechain”
- Walloon: “Bôvètché”
- Walloon: “Bôvetchén”
- Waray (Philippines): “Beauvechain”
- Welsh: “Beauvechain”
- Zeeuws: “Bevekom”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Les Burettes and Le Culot.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Maison Communale de Beauvechain and Aire de Beauvechain.
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