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Antwerp
Arrondissement of Mechelen

Lier

Lier is a city of about 36,000 inhabitants in the province of , . Lier is often overlooked by many international tourists, but can make an interesting day out from Antwerp or .
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  • Type: Town with 34,400 residents
  • Description: city in Antwerp province, Belgium
  • Also known as: “12021” and “Lier, Belgium”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zimmer tower and Herman Vanderpoortenstadion.

Photo: Sally V, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a tower in Lier, Belgium, also known as the Cornelius tower, that was originally a keep of Lier's 14th-century city fortifications.

Stadium
, also called Het Lisp, is a multi-use in Lier, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Lierse between 1925 and 2018.

Protected area
Photo: Tfa1964, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a protected area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kessel and Emblem.

Village
is a town in the municipality of in the province of in . In 2006, the population was 7,207 inhabitants. is known for its tourist attractions, such as "de Kesselse Heide" and "Fort Kessel". is situated 4½ km east of Lier.

Village
Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Lier.

Lier

Latitude
51.1311° or 51° 7′ 52″ north
Longitude
4.5697° or 4° 34′ 11″ east
Population
34,400
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
9F364HJ9+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30997655
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2792406
Wiki­data ID
Q12460
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Zeeuws—“Lier” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լիր”
  • Basque: “Lier (Belgika)”
  • Basque: “Lier”
  • Belarusian: “Лір (Бельгія)”
  • Belarusian: “Лір”
  • Breton: “Lier (Belgia)”
  • Breton: “Lier”
  • Bulgarian: “Лийр”
  • Catalan: “Lier”
  • Cebuano: “Lier (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Lier”
  • Chinese: “利尔”
  • Chinese: “利爾”
  • Czech: “Lier”
  • Czech: “Lierre”
  • Danish: “Lier (Belgien)”
  • Danish: “Lier”
  • Dutch: “Lier (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Lier”
  • Esperanto: “Lier”
  • Estonian: “Lier (Belgia)”
  • Estonian: “Lier”
  • Finnish: “Lier (Belgia)”
  • Finnish: “Lier”
  • Finnish: “Lierre”
  • French: “Lier”
  • French: “Lierre (Belgique)”
  • French: “Lierre”
  • German: “Lier (Belgien)”
  • German: “Lier”
  • Greek: “Λιρ (πόλη)”
  • Greek: “Λιρ”
  • Hebrew: “ליר (עיר)”
  • Hebrew: “ליר”
  • Hungarian: “Lier”
  • Icelandic: “Lier (Belgía)”
  • Icelandic: “Lier”
  • Irish: “Lier”
  • Italian: “Lier (Belgio)”
  • Italian: “Lier”
  • Italian: “Lierre”
  • Japanese: “リール (ベルギー)”
  • Japanese: “リール”
  • Korean: “리르”
  • Latin: “Lira”
  • Latvian: “Lire”
  • Lithuanian: “Lyras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lier”
  • Macedonian: “Лир”
  • Neapolitan: “Lier (Belge)”
  • Neapolitan: “Lier”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lier (Belgien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lier”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lier (Belgia)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lier”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lier i Belgia”
  • Norwegian: “Lier”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lierre (Belgica)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lierre”
  • Persian: “لیر (بلژیک)”
  • Persian: “لیر”
  • Polish: “Lier (Belgia)”
  • Polish: “Lier”
  • Portuguese: “Lier (Bélgica)”
  • Portuguese: “Lier”
  • Romanian: “Lier”
  • Russian: “Лир (Бельгия)”
  • Russian: “Лир”
  • Serbian: “Лир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lier, Belgija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lier”
  • Silesian: “Lier (Belgijo)”
  • Silesian: “Lier”
  • Slovak: “Lier”
  • Slovenian: “Lier”
  • Spanish: “Lier (Bélgica)”
  • Spanish: “Lier”
  • Swahili: “Lier”
  • Swedish: “Lier, Belgien”
  • Swedish: “Lier”
  • Turkish: “Lier, Belçika”
  • Turkish: “Lier”
  • Turkish: “Lierre”
  • Ukrainian: “Лір”
  • Vietnamese: “Lier, Antwerpen”
  • Vietnamese: “Lier”
  • Vlaams: “Lier”
  • Volapük: “Lier”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lier, Belhika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lier”
  • Welsh: “Lier”
  • Zeeuws: “Lier”
  • “Lier”

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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 “Lier”. Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.