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Arrondissement of Verviers

Eupen

Eupen is a small town in the province of , Belgium. It is the capital of the German-speaking community of Belgium. Large parts of the municipality are covered by forests and the Hautes Fagnes wetlands.
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  • Type: Town with 19,300 residents
  • Description: municipality of Belgium
  • Also known as: “63023”
  • Historically known as: “Néau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Government of the German-speaking Community and Eupen railway station.

Government office
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The is the executive body of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, located in the east of the province of Liège. The members are chosen by the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.

Railway station
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Eupen is a railway station in Eupen, Liège, . The station opened on 1 March 1864 on the Line 49. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB.

Museum
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The IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art is a cultural institution in the . It is situated in Eupen, the largest city in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kettenis and Membach.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of Eupen, East Belgium.

Village
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is a village and district of the municipality of , located in the in , Belgium. The first time the village is mentioned in written sources is in a document dated 1172.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Eupen

Latitude
50.6306° or 50° 37′ 50″ north
Longitude
6.0313° or 6° 1′ 53″ east
Population
19,300
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
Open location code
9F28J2JJ+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 64801957
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2798574
Wiki­data ID
Q151831
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Eupen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eupen”
  • Albanian: “Eupen”
  • Arabic: “أوبن”
  • Armenian: “Էյպեն”
  • Basque: “Eupen”
  • Belarusian: “Эйпен”
  • Breton: “Eupen”
  • Bulgarian: “Ойпен”
  • Catalan: “Eupen”
  • Catalan: “Eupenois(e)”
  • Cebuano: “Eupen (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Eupen”
  • Chinese: “奥伊彭”
  • Chinese: “奧伊彭”
  • Chinese: “歐本”
  • Croatian: “Eupen”
  • Czech: “Eupen”
  • Danish: “Eupen”
  • Dutch: “Eupen”
  • Esperanto: “Eupen”
  • Estonian: “Eupen”
  • Finnish: “Eupen”
  • French: “Eupen”
  • French: “Néau”
  • German: “Eupen”
  • Greek: “Όιπεν”
  • Hebrew: “אויפן”
  • Hungarian: “Eupen”
  • Indonesian: “Eupen”
  • Irish: “Eupen”
  • Italian: “Eupen”
  • Japanese: “オイペン”
  • Korean: “오이펜”
  • Korean: “외펜”
  • Latin: “Oepi”
  • Limburgan: “Eupe”
  • Limburgan: “Eupen”
  • Limburgan: “Uëpe”
  • Lithuanian: “Epenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Eupen”
  • Lombard: “Eupen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Eupen”
  • Macedonian: “Епен”
  • Macedonian: “Ојпен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eupen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Néau”
  • Norwegian: “Eupen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Eupen”
  • Ossetian: “Эйпен”
  • Persian: “اوپان”
  • Persian: “اوپن”
  • Polish: “Eupen”
  • Portuguese: “Eupen”
  • Romanian: “Eupen”
  • Russian: “Эйпен”
  • Serbian: “Epen”
  • Serbian: “Eupen”
  • Serbian: “Епен”
  • Serbian: “Ојпен”
  • Silesian: “Eupen”
  • Slovak: “Eupen”
  • Slovenian: “Eupen”
  • Spanish: “Eupen”
  • Swedish: “Eupen”
  • Turkish: “Eupen”
  • Ukrainian: “Ейпен”
  • Ukrainian: “Ойпен”
  • Vietnamese: “Eupen”
  • Vlaams: “Eupn”
  • Volapük: “Eupen”
  • Walloon: “Eupen”
  • Walloon: “Neyåw”
  • Walloon: “Neyow”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Eupen”
  • Welsh: “Eupen”
  • Western Frisian: “Eupen”
  • Zeeuws: “Eupen”
  • “Eupen”

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