Aalter
Aalter is a municipality located between Bruges and Ghent in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Aalter, Bellem, Lotenhulle, Poeke, Knesselare and Ursel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Loveld and Aalter railway station.
Aalter railway station
Railway station
Aalter is a railway station in Aalter, East Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 12 August 1838 on the Line 50A. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB. The current building was built in 1984 by architect Jacques Devincke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellem and Lotenhulle.
Bellem
Village
Bellem is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Aalter in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village was originally called Bethlehem. Bellem is located about 16 kilometres west of Ghent.
Lotenhulle
Village
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Lotenhulle is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Aalter.
Ruiselede
Village
Ruiselede is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. This town only comprises the town of Ruiselede proper. On January 1, 2006, Ruiselede had a total population of 5,113. Ruiselede is situated 6 km southwest of Aalter.
Aalter
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
51.0839° or 51° 5′ 2″ northLongitude
3.4485° or 3° 26′ 55″ eastPopulation
19,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
9F353CMX+HCOpenStreetMap ID
node 539138808OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2803444Wikidata ID
Q300970
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Aalter” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ألتير”
- Armenian: “Ալտեր”
- Basque: “Aalter”
- Breton: “Aalter (kumun)”
- Breton: “Aalter”
- Bulgarian: “Алтер”
- Catalan: “Aalter”
- Cebuano: “Aalter”
- Chinese: “阿尔特”
- Czech: “Aalter”
- Danish: “Aalter”
- Dutch: “Aalter (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Aalter”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Aalter”
- Esperanto: “Aalter”
- Estonian: “Aalter”
- French: “Aalter”
- French: “Aeltre”
- Galician: “Aalter”
- German: “Aalter”
- Greek: “Άαλτερ”
- Hungarian: “Aalter”
- Icelandic: “Aalter”
- Irish: “Aalter”
- Italian: “Aalter”
- Japanese: “アールテル”
- Korean: “알터르”
- Latvian: “Aalter”
- Latvian: “Āltera”
- Lingala: “Aalter”
- Lithuanian: “Alteras”
- Luxembourgish: “Aalter”
- Macedonian: “Алтер”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aalter”
- Norwegian: “Aalter”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aalter”
- Persian: “الته”
- Polish: “Aalter”
- Portuguese: “Aalter”
- Romanian: “Aalter”
- Russian: “Алтер”
- Slovak: “Aalter”
- Spanish: “Aalter”
- Swedish: “Aalter (kommun i Belgien)”
- Swedish: “Aalter”
- Turkish: “Aalter”
- Ukrainian: “Алтер”
- Urdu: “آلٹیر”
- Vietnamese: “Aalter”
- Vlaams: “Aalter”
- Volapük: “Aalter”
- Waray (Philippines): “Aalter”
- Zeeuws: “Aelter”
- “Aalter”
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