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West Melbourne

West Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in , Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-west of the , located within the local government area.
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,590 residents
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Melbourne West”, “West Melbourne, Victoria”, and “West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include South Kensington railway station and Icehouse.

Railway station
Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kensington station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Werribee and Williamstown lines, part of the Melbourne rail network.

Ice rink
Photo: Icecatdriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an Australian ice sports and entertainment centre, located in the precinct of , in Victoria, .

Railway station
Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Melbourne station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line railway station on the Craigieburn, Flemington Racecourse, Sunbury, Upfield, Werribee and Williamstown lines, and the regional Seymour line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Docklands and CBD.

Suburb
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an inner-city suburb in , Victoria, Australia, on the western end of the . had a population of 15,495 at the 2021 census.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

West Melbourne

Latitude
-37.80875° or 37° 48′ 32″ south
Longitude
144.92382° or 144° 55′ 26″ east
Population
5,590
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU WMU
Open location code
4RJ65WRF+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9273798933
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7281818
Wiki­data ID
Q12010545
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“West Melbourne” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “West Melbourne”
  • Cebuano: “West Melbourne”
  • Chinese: “西墨尔本”
  • Chinese: “西墨爾本”
  • Danish: “West Melbourne”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست ميلبورن، ڤيكتوريا”
  • French: “Melbourne-Ouest”
  • French: “West Melbourne”
  • German: “West Melbourne”
  • Hebrew: “ווסט מלבורן, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “וסט מלבורן, ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “וסט מלבורן”
  • Irish: “West Melbourne”
  • Japanese: “ウェストメルボルン”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Melbourne”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Melbourne”
  • Norwegian: “West Melbourne”
  • Persian: “ملبورن غربی”
  • Spanish: “West Melbourne (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “West Melbourne”
  • Swedish: “West Melbourne (del av en befolkad plats)”
  • Swedish: “West Melbourne”
  • Turkish: “West Melbourne”
  • Vietnamese: “West Melbourne, Victoria”
  • Vietnamese: “West Melbourne”

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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 “West Melbourne”. Photo: WalkingMelbourne, CC BY 3.0.