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Baelen

Baelen

Baelen is a village in , , and has about 4,330 residents. Baelen is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
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  • Type: Village with 4,330 residents
  • Description: town in Baelen municipality, Belgium
  • Postal code: 4837

Places of Interest

Highlights include Église Saint-Paul and Welkenraedt railway station.

Church
Photo: Frinck51, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Railway station
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Welkenraedt is a railway station in the town of , Liège, . The station opened on 24 October 1843 and is located on lines 37, 39 and 49. Passenger services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium. is situated 3 km north of Baelen.

Castle
Photo: Frinck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a castle, which is situated 3 km south of Baelen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nereth and Membach.

Hamlet
Photo: Romaine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Frinck51, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and district of the municipality of , located in the in , Belgium. The first time the village is mentioned in written sources is in a document dated 1172.

Village
is the industrial centre of the city of , , in the . It occupies the site of the lower town of the ancient city of Limbourg, which was destroyed by Louis XIV in 1675. is situated 2½ km southwest of Baelen.

Baelen

Latitude
50.63129° or 50° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
5.97135° or 5° 58′ 17″ east
Population
4,330
Elevation
257 metres (843 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE BLN
Open location code
9F27JXJC+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240115271
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2802787
Wiki­data ID
Q21770157
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Baelen” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Baelen”
  • Cebuano: “Baelen”
  • Dutch: “Baelen”
  • French: “Baelen”
  • German: “Balen”
  • Swedish: “Baelen”

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Highlights include Aire De Jeux De Baelen and Bibliothèque Communale.

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