Mechelen
Mechelen is a historically important city on the river Dyle in the centre of Flanders. It is a vibrant town, mixing trendy and traditional. Its carillon school is world-renowned, training students from all over the world in the art of playing carillons, sets of 24 or more bells hung in church towers.
- City with about 86,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium
- Also known as“12025”“Mechlin”
Places of Interest
Discover St. Rumbold’s Cathedral and Achter de Kazerne.
St. Rumbold’s Cathedral
St. Rumbold's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic…
Achter de Kazerne
Achter de Kazerne is a football stadium in Mechelen, Belgium.
Mechelen railway station
Mechelen railway station is a railway station in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muizen and Otterbeek.
Mechelen
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Latitude
51.0281° or 51° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
4.4803° or 4° 28′ 49″ east
Open location code
9F362FHJ+74
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Mechelen” goes by many names.
MechelenAfrikaans
مِشِلينArabic
ميشيلينArabic
ՄեխելենArmenian
MechelenAsturian
MalinasBasque
MechelenBasque
МехеленBelarusian
МэхеленBelarusian
МэхэленBelarusian
MechelenBreton
МехеленBulgarian
MalinasCatalan
MalinesCatalan
MechelaarCatalan
MechelenCatalan
MechelseCatalan
MechelenCebuano
梅赫伦Chinese
梅赫倫Chinese
MechelenCzech
MechelenDanish
DijlestadDutch
MechelenDutch
Mechelen (stad)Dutch
ميشيلينEgyptian Arabic
MechelenEsperanto
MeĥlenoEsperanto
MechelenEstonian
MechelenFinnish
მეხელენიGeorgian
ΜαλίνGreek
ΜέχελενGreek
מכלןHebrew
मेख़लनHindi
MechelenHungarian
MechelenIcelandic
MechelenIdo
MeklinIdo
Belgia MechelenIndonesian
MechelenIndonesian
Mechelen, BelgiaIndonesian
MechelenInterlingue
MechelenIrish
MalinesItalian
MechelenItalian
メッヘレンJapanese
メヘレンJapanese
메헬런Korean
메헬렌Korean
MacliniaLatin
MechelenLatin
MechlinaeLatin
MechliniaLatin
MehelenaLatvian
MecheleLimburgan
MechelenLithuanian
MechelenasLithuanian
MechelenLombard
MechelnLombard
MechlinLombard
MechelenLuxembourgish
МехеленMacedonian
MechelenMaltese
MalinesNeapolitan
MechelenNorthern Frisian
MechelenNorwegian
MechelenNorwegian Bokmål
MalinesOccitan (post 1500)
МехеленOssetian
مشلانPersian
MechelenPiemontese
MechelenPolish
MechelenRomanian
МехеленRussian
Сеньория МалинRussian
Сеньория МехеленRussian
MechelenSerbian
MechelnSerbian
MehelenSerbian
МехеленSerbian
MechelenSerbo-Croatian
MechelenSilesian
MechelenSlovak
MechelenSlovenian
MechlinSlovenian
MechelenSwahili
MechelenSwedish
MechelnSwedish
МехеленTatar
MechelenThai
เมเคอเลินThai
MechelenTumbuka
MechelenTurkish
МехеленUkrainian
میخلنUrdu
MechelenVietnamese
MechelenVlaams
MechelnVlaams
MechelenVolapük
MechelenWaray (Philippines)
MechelenWelsh
MechelenWestern Frisian
梅赫伦Wu Chinese
MechelenZeeuws
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Mechelen”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mechelen-Centrum and Begijnhof.
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”
