Kelmis
Kelmis is a municipality of 11,000 people in the Belgian Province of Liège. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rochuskapelle and Prinz-Philippe-Stadion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neu-Moresnet and Hergenrath.
Neu-Moresnet
Village
Photo: Hullie, Public domain.
Neu-Moresnet is a village and sub-municipality of Kelmis in the German-speaking community of the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. The village was founded as Prussian-Moresnet as part of the Lower Rhine Province.
Hergenrath
Village
Photo: Euku, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hergenrath or Hergenraedt is a village and sub-municipality in Belgium. It is located in the municipality of Kelmis in Liège Province, part of Wallonia. It is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
Lontzen
Village
Photo: Flamenc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lontzen is a municipality located in East Belgium. On January 1, 2018 Lontzen had a total population of 5,695. The total area is 28.73 km. The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Lontzen proper, Herbesthal, and Walhorn. Lontzen is situated 4 km south of Kelmis.
Kelmis
- Categories: municipality of Belgium and locality
- Location: Arrondissement of Verviers, Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.7155° or 50° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
6.0133° or 6° 0′ 48″ eastPopulation
10,900Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)Open location code
9F28P287+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 240061758OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2793723Wikidata ID
Q159864
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Kelmis” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيلميس”
- Basque: “Kelmis”
- Breton: “Kelmis”
- Breton: “La Calamine”
- Bulgarian: “Келмис”
- Catalan: “Kelmis”
- Catalan: “La Calamine”
- Cebuano: “La Calamine (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “La Calamine”
- Chinese: “凯尔米斯”
- Chinese: “凱爾米斯”
- Danish: “Kelmis”
- Dutch: “Kelmis”
- Dutch: “La Calamine”
- Esperanto: “Kelmis”
- Finnish: “Kelmis”
- Finnish: “La Calamine”
- French: “Calamine”
- French: “Kelmis”
- French: “La Calamine”
- German: “Kelmis”
- German: “La Calamine”
- German: “Neu-Moresnet”
- German: “Preußisch-Moresnet”
- Greek: “Κέλμις”
- Greek: “Λα Καλαμίν”
- Hebrew: “קלמיס”
- Hungarian: “Kelmis”
- Indonesian: “Kelmis”
- Irish: “Kelmis”
- Italian: “Kelmis”
- Italian: “La Calamine”
- Japanese: “ケルミス”
- Korean: “켈미스”
- Latin: “Calmis”
- Limburgan: “Kellemes”
- Limburgan: “Kellemis”
- Limburgan: “Kelmis”
- Limburgan: “La Calamine”
- Lombard: “Kelmis”
- Luxembourgish: “Kelmis”
- Luxembourgish: “La Calamine”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kelmis”
- Norwegian: “Kelmis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “La Calamine”
- Persian: “کلمی”
- Polish: “Kelmis”
- Portuguese: “Kelmis”
- Romanian: “Kelmis”
- Russian: “Кельмис”
- Russian: “Ла-Каламин”
- Slovak: “Kelmis”
- Slovenian: “Kelmis”
- Spanish: “Kelmis”
- Swedish: “Kelmis”
- Swedish: “La Calamine (kommun i Belgien)”
- Turkish: “Kelmis”
- Turkish: “La Calamine”
- Turkish: “Neu-Moresnet”
- Turkish: “Preußisch-Moresnet”
- Vietnamese: “Kelmis”
- Vlaams: “Kelmis”
- Volapük: “Kelmis”
- Volapük: “La Calamine”
- Walloon: “Li Calmene”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kelmis”
- Western Frisian: “Kelmis”
- Wu Chinese: “凯尔米斯”
- Zeeuws: “Kelmis”
- “Kelmis”
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