Flanders
Limburg
Arrondissement of Tongeren

Alken

Alken is a municipality located in province of . The community lies just south of the provincial capital of Hasselt, in the Hesbaye region.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: municipality in Limburg, Belgium
  • Also known as: “73001” and “Alken, Belgium”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Groenmolen and Alken railway station.

Public building
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is a public building.

Railway station
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Alken is a railway station in the municipality of Alken, , . The station opened on 8 December 1847 and is located on line 21. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hasselt and Wellen.

Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the province of in the Flemish Region of . As of 1 January 2025, had a total population of 90,249.

Village
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is a municipality located in the province of . On 1 January 2024, had a total population of 7,490. The total area is 26.72 km. is situated 4½ km southeast of Alken.

Village
Photo: Sonuwe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Hasselt.

Alken

Latitude
50.8755° or 50° 52′ 32″ north
Longitude
5.308° or 5° 18′ 29″ east
Population
11,300
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
9F27V8G5+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 318263253
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2803286
Wiki­data ID
Q499604
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Alken” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Alken”
  • Basque: “Alken”
  • Breton: “Alken”
  • Bulgarian: “Алкен”
  • Catalan: “Alken”
  • Cebuano: “Alken”
  • Chinese: “阿尔肯”
  • Chinese: “阿爾肯”
  • Danish: “Alken”
  • Dutch: “Alken (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Alken”
  • Esperanto: “Alken”
  • French: “Alken”
  • German: “Alken”
  • Hungarian: “Alken”
  • Irish: “Alken”
  • Italian: “Alken”
  • Latin: “Alliacum”
  • Limburgan: “Alke”
  • Limburgan: “Alken”
  • Limburgan: “Alleke”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkenas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alken”
  • Norwegian: “Alken”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alken”
  • Persian: “الکان”
  • Polish: “Alken”
  • Portuguese: “Alken”
  • Romanian: “Alken”
  • Russian: “Алкен”
  • Slovak: “Alken”
  • Spanish: “Alken (Bélgica)”
  • Spanish: “Alken”
  • Swedish: “Alken, Belgien”
  • Thai: “Alken”
  • Thai: “อัลเกิน”
  • Turkish: “Alken”
  • Vietnamese: “Alken, Tongeren”
  • Vietnamese: “Alken”
  • Volapük: “Alken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alken, Belhika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alken”
  • Zeeuws: “Alken (België)”
  • Zeeuws: “Alken”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alken”. Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.