Balen

Balen is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Balen proper and . In 2021, Balen had a population of 22,853. The total area of Balen is 72.88 km2.
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  • Type: Town with 22,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “13003”, “Baelen”, and “Balen, Belgium”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balen railway station and Colruyt.

Railway station
Photo: Zonneschijn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Supermarket
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Belgian supermarket chain headquartered in . The current manager is Jef . carries the surname of the founder of the family business, the family, which still owns the company.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mol and Olmen.

Town
Photo: DudeFromMol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of . In 2021, had a total population of 37,021 inhabitants. is situated 4 km west of Balen.

Village
is a village in the province of Antwerp, . The village is part of the municipality of Balen. is known in the area for its Carnival, which still follows medieval traditions. is situated 3½ km southwest of Balen.

Hamlet
is one of the 12 townships in the municipality in . It had 3332 inhabitants. The township also includes "Hessie" which was formerly part of Millegem and therefore . is situated 6 km west of Balen.

Balen

Latitude
51.1708° or 51° 10′ 15″ north
Longitude
5.1697° or 5° 10′ 11″ east
Population
22,600
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9F3755C9+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2573491654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2802744
Wiki­data ID
Q723651
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Balen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Balen”
  • Arabic: “بالن”
  • Basque: “Balen”
  • Breton: “Balen”
  • Bulgarian: “Бален”
  • Catalan: “Balen”
  • Cebuano: “Balen”
  • Chinese: “巴伦”
  • Danish: “Balen”
  • Dutch: “Baelen”
  • Dutch: “Balen (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Balen”
  • Esperanto: “Balen”
  • French: “Baelen”
  • French: “Balen”
  • German: “Balen”
  • Hungarian: “Balen”
  • Irish: “Balen”
  • Italian: “Balen”
  • Japanese: “バーレン (ベルギー)”
  • Japanese: “バーレン”
  • Luxembourgish: “Balen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balen”
  • Norwegian: “Balen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Balen”
  • Persian: “بلان”
  • Polish: “Balen”
  • Portuguese: “Balen”
  • Romanian: “Balen”
  • Russian: “Бален”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Balen”
  • Slovak: “Balen”
  • Spanish: “Balen”
  • Swedish: “Balen, Belgien”
  • Swedish: “Balen”
  • Turkish: “Baelen”
  • Turkish: “Balen”
  • Urdu: “بالن، بیلجیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Balen”
  • Volapük: “Balen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balen”
  • Zeeuws: “Balen”

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