Arlon
Arlon is the capital of the southernmost Belgian province of Luxembourg. The town counts approximately 30,000 inhabitants and is often seen as the Belgian gate to the country of Luxembourg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Town with 28,800 residents
- Description: city in Wallonia, Belgium
- Also known as: “81001”
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Hombre del rio, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arlon railway station and Gaspar Museum.
Gaspar Museum
Museum
Photo: Valnovembre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gaspar Museum is an art museum in Arlon, in the Luxembourg province of Belgium. The museum is dedicated to the art of sculptor Jean-Marie Gaspar and the work of his brother, photographer Charles Gaspar, who were both born in Arlon.
Arlon Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Berthgmn, Public domain.
The Arlon Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the town of Arlon, in the south of Belgium. It was built in 1863 and was the first synagogue in Belgium whose construction was funded primarily by public funds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eischen and Bonnert.
Eischen
Village
Bonnert
Village
Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bonnert is a sub-municipality of the city of Arlon located in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Arlon.
Toernich
Village
Toernich is a sub-municipality of the city of Arlon located in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Arlon. Toernich is situated 4½ km southwest of Arlon.
Arlon
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, Roman city, and locality
- Location: Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.6835° or 49° 41′ 1″ northLongitude
5.8168° or 5° 49′ 0″ eastPopulation
28,800Elevation
378 metres (1,240 feet)Open location code
8FX7MRM8+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 63111399OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2803074Wikidata ID
Q675960
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Arlon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Aarlen”
- Afrikaans: “Arel”
- Afrikaans: “Arlon”
- Arabic: “آرلون”
- Arabic: “أرلون”
- Arabic: “أرلُون”
- Armenian: “Առլոն”
- Armenian: “Արլոն”
- Basque: “Arlon”
- Belarusian: “Арлон”
- Breton: “Arlon”
- Bulgarian: “Арлон”
- Catalan: “Aarlen”
- Catalan: “Arlon”
- Cebuano: “Arlon (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Arlon”
- Chinese: “阿尔隆”
- Chinese: “阿爾隆”
- Chuvash: “Арлон”
- Czech: “Arlon”
- Danish: “Aarlen”
- Danish: “Arlon”
- Dutch: “Aarlen”
- Dutch: “Arel”
- Dutch: “Arlon”
- Dutch: “Årlon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “آرلون”
- Esperanto: “Arlon”
- Estonian: “Arloni vald”
- Finnish: “Arlon”
- French: “Aarlen”
- French: “Arlon”
- German: “Aarlen”
- German: “Arel”
- German: “Arlon”
- Greek: “Άαρλεν”
- Greek: “Αρλόν”
- Hebrew: “ארלון”
- Hungarian: “Arlon”
- Icelandic: “Arlon”
- Indonesian: “Arlon”
- Irish: “Arlon”
- Italian: “Aarlen”
- Italian: “Arlon”
- Japanese: “アルロン”
- Korean: “아를롱”
- Latin: “Castellum Harlonis”
- Latin: “Orolaunum Vicus”
- Latin: “Orolaunum”
- Latvian: “Arlona”
- Limburgan: “Aarle”
- Limburgan: “Arlon”
- Lithuanian: “Arlonas”
- Luxembourgish: “Arel”
- Luxembourgish: “Arlon”
- Northern Frisian: “Arlon (Steed)”
- Northern Frisian: “Arlon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aarlen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arlon”
- Norwegian: “Arlon”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Arlon”
- Persian: “آرلن (بلژیک)”
- Persian: “آرلن”
- Persian: “آرلون”
- Polish: “Aarlen”
- Polish: “Arlon”
- Portuguese: “Arlon”
- Romanian: “Arel”
- Romanian: “Arlon”
- Russian: “Арлон”
- Scots: “Arlon”
- Serbian: “Aarlen”
- Serbian: “Арлон (Белгија)”
- Serbian: “Арлон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Arlon”
- Sinhala: “ආර්ලන්, බෙල්ජියම”
- Sinhala: “ආර්ලන්”
- Slovak: “Aarlen”
- Slovak: “Arlon”
- Slovenian: “Arlon”
- South Azerbaijani: “آرلن”
- Spanish: “Aarlen”
- Spanish: “Arlon”
- Swedish: “Aarlen”
- Swedish: “Arel”
- Swedish: “Arlon”
- Turkish: “Aarlen”
- Turkish: “Arel”
- Turkish: “Arlon”
- Ukrainian: “Арлон”
- Urdu: “آرلون”
- Veps: “Arlon”
- Vietnamese: “Arlon”
- Vlaams: “Oarlen”
- Volapük: “Aarlen”
- Volapük: “Arlon”
- Walloon: “Arel”
- Walloon: “Årlon”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arlon”
- Welsh: “Arlon”
- Western Frisian: “Aarlen”
- Wu Chinese: “阿尔隆”
- Yue Chinese: “阿爾隆”
- Zeeuws: “Aerlen”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Arlon”. Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.