Geraardsbergen
Geraardsbergen is a beautiful city in the southeastern corner of East Flanders. The city was founded in 1068 by Duke of Flanders Boudewijn IV. The reason of its foundation was because of the strategic position right on the borders of Hainaut and Brabant.
- Type: Town with 33,200 residents
- Description: city in East Flanders, Belgium
- Also known as: “Geeraardsbergen”, “Giesbaargen”, “Grammont”, and “Mattentaartenstad”
- Postal code: 9500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oudenberg and Boelaremeersen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idegem.
Geraardsbergen
- Categories: municipality of Belgium, Belgian municipality with the title of city, and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Aalst, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.7716° or 50° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.8827° or 3° 52′ 58″ east
Population
33,200
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
United Nations Location Code
BE GEA
Open location code
9F25QVCM+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Zeeuws—“Geraardsbergen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Geraardsbergen”
- Breton: “Geraardsbergen”
- Bulgarian: “Герардсберген”
- Catalan: “Geraardsbergen”
- Cebuano: “Geraardsbergen (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Geraardsbergen”
- Chinese: “赫拉尔兹贝亨”
- Chinese: “赫拉爾茲貝亨”
- Danish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Dutch: “Geraardsbergen”
- Dutch: “Giesbaargen”
- Dutch: “Grammont”
- Dutch: “Mattentaartenstad”
- Esperanto: “Geraardsbergen”
- Estonian: “Geraardsbergen”
- French: “Geraardsbergen”
- French: “Giesbaargen”
- French: “Grammont”
- French: “Mattentaartenstad”
- German: “Geraardsbergen”
- German: “Gerhardsbergen”
- Hungarian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Irish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Italian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Italian: “Grammont”
- Japanese: “ヘラールツベルヘン”
- Japanese: “ヘラールトスベルヘン”
- Latin: “Gerardimontium”
- Latvian: “Gerārdsbergena”
- Lithuanian: “Gėrarsbergenas”
- Luxembourgish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Macedonian: “Герардсберген”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Geraardsbergen”
- Norwegian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Geraardsbergen”
- Persian: “ژراردزبرژان”
- Polish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Polish: “Overboelare”
- Portuguese: “Geraardsbergen”
- Romanian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Russian: “Гераардсберген”
- Russian: “Герардсберген”
- Serbian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Serbian: “Gerardsbergen”
- Serbian: “Герардсберген”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Geraardsbergen”
- Slovak: “Geraardsbergen”
- Spanish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Swahili: “Geraardsbergen”
- Swedish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Turkish: “Geraardsbergen”
- Turkish: “Grammont”
- Urdu: “گیرارڈز برگن”
- Vietnamese: “Geraardsbergen”
- Vlaams: “Geroardsbergn”
- Volapük: “Geraardsbergen”
- Walloon: “Geraardsbergen”
- Walloon: “Grandmont”
- Waray (Philippines): “Geraardsbergen”
- Zeeuws: “Geraerdsbergen”
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