Kelmis

Kelmis is a municipality of 11,000 people in the Belgian . It is of historic interest mostly because it used to be the capital of Neutral Moresnet, a de facto microstate between Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, existing from 1816-1919.
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  • Type: Town with 10,900 residents
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, East Belgium
  • Also known as: “63040”, “Calamine”, “Kalmis”, “Kellemis”, “Kelmis - La Calamine”, “La Calamine (kommun i Belgien)”, “Neu-Moresnet”, “Preußisch-Moresnet”, “Λα Καλαμίν”, and “Ла-Каламин”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rochuskapelle and Prinz-Philippe-Stadion.

Church
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is a church.

Stadium
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is a stadium.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neu-Moresnet and Hergenrath.

Village
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is a village and sub-municipality…

Village
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or Hergenraedt is a village and sub-municipality in .

Village
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is a municipality located in East Belgium. is situated 4 km south of Kelmis.

Kelmis

Latitude
50.7155° or 50° 42′ 56″ north
Longitude
6.0133° or 6° 0′ 48″ east
Population
10,900
Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)
Open location code
9F28P287+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240061758
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2793723
Wiki­data ID
Q159864
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Kelmis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيلميس”
  • Basque: “Kelmis”
  • Breton: “Kelmis”
  • Bulgarian: “Келмис”
  • Catalan: “Kelmis”
  • Cebuano: “La Calamine (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “La Calamine”
  • Chinese: “凯尔米斯”
  • Chinese: “凱爾米斯”
  • Danish: “Kelmis”
  • Dutch: “Kelmis”
  • Esperanto: “Kelmis”
  • Finnish: “Kelmis”
  • French: “Kelmis”
  • French: “La Calamine”
  • German: “Kelmis”
  • Greek: “Κέλμις”
  • Hebrew: “קלמיס”
  • Hungarian: “Kelmis”
  • Indonesian: “Kelmis”
  • Irish: “Kelmis”
  • Italian: “Kelmis”
  • Japanese: “ケルミス”
  • Korean: “켈미스”
  • Latin: “Calmis”
  • Limburgan: “Kellemes”
  • Limburgan: “Kelmis”
  • Lombard: “Kelmis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kelmis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kelmis”
  • Norwegian: “Kelmis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “La Calamine”
  • Persian: “کلمی”
  • Polish: “Kelmis”
  • Portuguese: “Kelmis”
  • Romanian: “Kelmis”
  • Russian: “Кельмис”
  • Slovak: “Kelmis”
  • Slovenian: “Kelmis”
  • Spanish: “Kelmis”
  • Swedish: “Kelmis”
  • Turkish: “Kelmis”
  • Urdu: “کیلمس”
  • Vietnamese: “Kelmis”
  • Vlaams: “Kelmis”
  • Volapük: “Kelmis”
  • Walloon: “Li Calmene”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kelmis”
  • Western Frisian: “Kelmis”
  • Wu Chinese: “凯尔米斯”
  • Zeeuws: “Kelmis”
  • “Kelmis”

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