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Anderlecht

Anderlecht

Anderlecht is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the , , , and , as well as the municipalities of and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Manneken Pis and Grand Place.

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is a landmark 55.5 cm bronze fountain sculpture in central , Belgium, depicting a puer mingens: a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin.

Square
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The or Grote Markt is the central of , Belgium. It is surrounded by opulent Baroque guildhalls of the former Guilds of Brussels and two larger edifices; the city's Flamboyant , and the neo-Gothic King's House or Bread House building, containing the .

Museum
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The are a group of art museums in , Belgium. They are part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office and consist of six museums: the , the , the , the Modern Museum, the Antoine Wiertz Museum and the Constantin Meunier Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brussels and Pentagon.

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is the capital of and one of the three administrative regions within the country, together with and . Apart from its role within its country, it is also an internationally important city, hosting numerous international institutions, and in particular the headquarters of NATO and the core institutions of the European Union.

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The is the historical center of . It derives its name from the pentagonal shape of the inner beltway that surrounds the area. The of Brussels encompasses many charming and beautiful attractions, with deeply ornate buildings on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt, and a fish-and-crustacean overdose of St.

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The is the historic of , including the world's most beautiful town square, the Grand-Place which is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Anderlecht

Latitude
50.8391° or 50° 50′ 21″ north
Longitude
4.3297° or 4° 19′ 47″ east
Population
161,000
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE ANL
Open location code
9F26R8QH+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 66163274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2803201
Wiki­data ID
Q12886
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Anderlecht” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Anderlecht”
  • Arabic: “آندرلخت”
  • Arabic: “أندرلخت”
  • Armenian: “Անդերլեխտ”
  • Asturian: “Anderlecht”
  • Azerbaijani: “Anderlext”
  • Basque: “Anderlecht”
  • Belarusian: “Андэрлехт”
  • Bosnian: “Anderlecht”
  • Bosnian: “Anderleht”
  • Breton: “Anderlecht”
  • Bulgarian: “Андерлехт”
  • Catalan: “Anderlecht”
  • Cebuano: “Anderlecht”
  • Chinese: “安德莱赫特”
  • Chinese: “安德萊赫特”
  • Croatian: “Anderlecht”
  • Czech: “Anderlecht”
  • Danish: “Anderlecht”
  • Dutch: “Anderlecht”
  • Dutch: “Brussel (Anderlecht)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اندرلخت”
  • Esperanto: “Anderlecht”
  • Esperanto: “Anderliĥto”
  • Estonian: “Anderlecht”
  • Faroese: “Anderlecht”
  • Finnish: “Anderlecht”
  • French: “Anderlecht”
  • French: “Bruxelles (Anderlecht)”
  • Galician: “Anderlecht”
  • Georgian: “ანდერლეხტი”
  • German: “Anderlecht”
  • Greek: “Άντερλεχτ”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרלכט”
  • Hungarian: “Anderlecht”
  • Indonesian: “Anderlecht”
  • Irish: “Anderlecht”
  • Italian: “Anderlecht”
  • Japanese: “アンデルレヒト”
  • Kalaallisut: “Anderlecht”
  • Korean: “안더레흐트”
  • Korean: “안데를레흐트”
  • Korean: “앙되를레크트”
  • Latin: “Anderlacum”
  • Limburgan: “Anderlech”
  • Lithuanian: “Anderlechtas”
  • Lombard: “Anderlecht”
  • Luxembourgish: “Anderlecht”
  • Malay: “Anderlecht”
  • Maltese: “Anderlecht”
  • Marathi: “अँडरलेच्ट”
  • Moksha: “Андэрлэхт”
  • Northern Frisian: “Anderlecht”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Anderlecht”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Anderlecht”
  • Norwegian: “Anderlecht”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Anderlecht”
  • Persian: “آندرلشت”
  • Polish: “Anderlecht”
  • Portuguese: “Anderlecht”
  • Romanian: “Anderlecht”
  • Russian: “Андерлехт”
  • Scots: “Anderlecht”
  • Serbian: “Андерлехт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Anderlecht”
  • Silesian: “Anderlecht”
  • Slovak: “Anderlecht”
  • Slovenian: “Anderlecht”
  • Spanish: “Anderlecht”
  • Swedish: “Anderlecht”
  • Thai: “อันเดอร์เลคต์”
  • Turkish: “Anderlecht”
  • Ukrainian: “Андерлехт”
  • Urdu: “آندرلیخت”
  • Venetian: “Anderlecht”
  • Vietnamese: “Anderlecht”
  • Vlaams: “Anderlecht”
  • Volapük: “Anderlecht”
  • Walloon: “Anderlecht”
  • Walloon: “Anderlek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Anderlecht”
  • Welsh: “Anderlecht”
  • Wu Chinese: “安德莱赫特”
  • Zeeuws: “Anderlecht”
  • “Anderlecht”

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