Balan

Balan is a commune in the department in the region of northern . The commune has been awarded three flowers by the National Council of Towns and Villages in Bloom in the Competition of cities and villages in Bloom.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,610 residents
  • Description: commune in Ardennes, France
  • Also known as: 08043” and “Balan, Ardennes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sedan Castle and Sedan station.

Castle
is a castle situated in Sedan, France, near the river . Covering an area of 35,000 square metres in its seven floors.

Railway station
is a railway station serving the town of , department in northeastern . It is situated on the Mohon–Thionville railway.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Sedan, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of CS Sedan Ardennes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedan.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a sub-prefecture and the second most populous city in the Champagne-Ardenne region in . is known for its castle, which is claimed to be the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe. It is home to about 17,000 people.

Balan

Latitude
49.6889° or 49° 41′ 20″ north
Longitude
4.9606° or 4° 57′ 38″ east
Population
1,610
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
8FX6MXQ6+H6
Geo­Names ID
6446808
Wiki­data ID
Q722661
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Balan” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Balan
  • Albanian: Balan, Ardennes
  • Albanian: Balan
  • Arabic: بالان_(الأردين)
  • Arabic: بالان
  • Aragonese: Balan
  • Armenian: Բալան
  • Arpitan: Balan
  • Asturian: Balan
  • Bambara: Balan
  • Basque: Balan
  • Bavarian: Balan
  • Buginese: Balan, Ardennes
  • Buginese: Balan
  • Cajun French: Balan
  • Catalan: Balan
  • Cebuano: Balan, Ardennes
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  • Chechen: Балан (Малхбален Седан)
  • Chechen: Балан
  • Chinese: Balan, Ardennes
  • Chinese: Balan
  • Chinese: 巴朗
  • Corsican: Balan
  • Croatian: Balan
  • Czech: Balan
  • Danish: Balan
  • Dimli (individual language): Balan
  • Dutch: Balan (Ardennes)
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  • Estonian: Balan
  • Faroese: Balan
  • Finnish: Balan
  • French: Balan
  • Friulian: Balan
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  • Hungarian: Balan
  • Icelandic: Balan
  • Ido: Balan
  • Indonesian: Balan
  • Interlingua: Balan
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  • Irish: Balan
  • Italian: Balan
  • Jamaican Creole English: Balan
  • Kabyle: Balan
  • Kalaallisut: Balan
  • Kongo: Balan
  • Kurdish: Balan, Ardennes
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  • Ladin: Balan
  • Latin: Balan
  • Latvian: Balan
  • Ligurian: Balan
  • Limburgan: Balan
  • Lithuanian: Balan
  • Low German: Balan
  • Luxembourgish: Balan
  • Mainfränkisch: Balan
  • Malagasy: André Drouard
  • Malagasy: Balan, Ardennes
  • Malagasy: Balan
  • Malay: Balan, Ardennes
  • Malay: Balan
  • Min Nan Chinese: Balan
  • Minangkabau: Balan
  • Narom: Balan
  • Neapolitan: Balan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Balan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Balan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Balan
  • Papiamento: Balan
  • Persian: بالون
  • Picard: Balan
  • Piemontese: Balan
  • Polish: Balan
  • Portuguese: Balan
  • Prussian: Balan
  • Romagnol: Balan
  • Romanian: Balan, Ardennes
  • Romanian: Balan
  • Romansh: Balan
  • Russian: Балан
  • Sardinian: Balan
  • Scots: Balan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Balan
  • Serbian: Balan
  • Serbian: Балан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Balan
  • Sicilian: Balan
  • Slovak: Balan
  • Slovenian: Balan
  • Spanish: Balan
  • Swahili: Balan
  • Swedish: Balan, Ardennes
  • Swedish: Balan
  • Swiss German: Balan
  • Tatar: Балан (Восточный Седан)
  • Tatar: Балан
  • Turkish: Balan
  • Ukrainian: Балан
  • Uzbek: Balan
  • Venetian: Balan
  • Vietnamese: Balan, Ardennes
  • Vietnamese: Balan
  • Vlaams: Balan
  • Volapük: Balan
  • Walloon: Balan
  • Waray (Philippines): Balan, Ardennes
  • Waray (Philippines): Balan
  • Welsh: Balan
  • Wolof: Balan
  • Yue Chinese: Balan
  • Zulu: Balan
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