Aarschot
Aarschot is a town in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It is located halfway between the regional capital and bustling student city Leuven and the smaller town of Diest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 30,100 residents
- Description: city in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
- Also known as: “24001” and “Aerschot”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aarschot railway station and Kapucijnenklooster.
Aarschot railway station
Railway station
Aarschot railway station is a railway station in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 28 February 1863 and is located on railway line 35. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.
Kapucijnenklooster
Government office
Photo: Sally V, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kapucijnenklooster is a government office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langdorp and Gelrode.
Langdorp
Village
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Langdorp is a submunicipality of Aarschot in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977.
Gelrode
Village
Gelrode is a submunicipality of Aarschot in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977.
Betekom
Village
Betekom is a village in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant and is a submunicipality of Begijnendijk. It was an independent municipality until the municipal reorganization of 1977. Betekom is situated 4 km west of Aarschot.
Aarschot
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.9843° or 50° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
4.8364° or 4° 50′ 11″ eastPopulation
30,100Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
9F26XRMP+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 64601280OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2803430Wikidata ID
Q273442
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Aarschot” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أرسخوت”
- Azerbaijani: “Arsxot”
- Basque: “Aarschot”
- Belarusian: “Арсхот”
- Breton: “Aarschot”
- Bulgarian: “Арсхот”
- Catalan: “Aarschot”
- Cebuano: “Aarschot”
- Chinese: “阿尔斯科特”
- Chinese: “阿尔斯霍特”
- Chinese: “阿爾斯科特”
- Chinese: “阿爾斯霍特”
- Czech: “Aarschot”
- Danish: “Aarschot”
- Dutch: “Aarschot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ارشوت”
- Esperanto: “Aarschot”
- Estonian: “Aarschoti linn”
- Estonian: “Aarschoti vald”
- Finnish: “Aarschot”
- French: “Aarschot”
- French: “Aerschot”
- Galician: “Aarschot”
- German: “Aarschot”
- German: “Aerschot”
- Greek: “Άαρσχοτ”
- Hebrew: “ארסכוט”
- Hungarian: “Aarschot”
- Indonesian: “Aarschot”
- Irish: “Aarschot”
- Italian: “Aarschot”
- Japanese: “アールスコート”
- Japanese: “アールスホット”
- Korean: “아르스홋”
- Latin: “Arschotum”
- Lithuanian: “Arschotas”
- Luxembourgish: “Aarschot”
- Macedo-Romanian: “Aarschot”
- Northern Frisian: “Aarschot”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aarschot”
- Norwegian: “Aarschot”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Aarschot”
- Persian: “ارسشت”
- Polish: “Aarschot”
- Portuguese: “Aarschot”
- Romanian: “Aarschot”
- Russian: “Арсхот”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Aarschot”
- Slovak: “Aarschot”
- Spanish: “Aarschot”
- Swedish: “Aarschot”
- Swedish: “Aerschot”
- Turkish: “Aarschot”
- Turkish: “Aerschot”
- Ukrainian: “Аарсхот”
- Urdu: “آرسچوٹ”
- Vietnamese: “Aarschot”
- Volapük: “Aarschot”
- Walloon: “Aarschot”
- Walloon: “Oarschot”
- Waray (Philippines): “Aarschot”
- Zeeuws: “Aerschot”
- “Aarschot”
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