Flanders
Antwerp
Arrondissement of Mechelen

Mechelen

Mechelen is a historically important city on the river Dyle in the centre of . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 86,600 residents
  • Description: city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “12025”, “Malines”, and “Mechlin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Rumbold’s Cathedral and Achter de Kazerne.

Church
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Rumbold's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic metropolitan archiepiscopal cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium, dedicated to Saint Rumbold, Christian missionary and martyr who founded an abbey nearby.

Stadium
Photo: Amauroo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The AFAS Stadion is a football in Mechelen, . It is used for football matches and is the home ground of KV Mechelen. Currently, the ground has a capacity of 16,672.

Railway station
Photo: Japplemedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station in Mechelen, , Belgium. The station opened on 5 May 1835 on railway lines 25, 27 and 53. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muizen and Hombeek.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Mechelen

Latitude
51.0281° or 51° 1′ 41″ north
Longitude
4.4803° or 4° 28′ 49″ east
Population
86,600
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
9F362FHJ+74
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2573424360
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2791538
Wiki­data ID
Q162022
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Mechelen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mechelen”
  • Arabic: “مشلين”
  • Arabic: “مِشِلين”
  • Arabic: “ميشيلين”
  • Armenian: “Մեխելեն”
  • Asturian: “Malines”
  • Asturian: “Mechelen”
  • Basque: “Malinas”
  • Basque: “Mechelen”
  • Belarusian: “Мехелен”
  • Belarusian: “Мэхелен”
  • Belarusian: “Мэхэлен”
  • Breton: “Mechelen”
  • Bulgarian: “Мехелен”
  • Catalan: “Malinas”
  • Catalan: “Malines”
  • Catalan: “Mechelaar”
  • Catalan: “Mechelen”
  • Catalan: “Mechelse”
  • Cebuano: “Mechelen”
  • Chinese: “梅赫伦”
  • Chinese: “梅赫倫”
  • Czech: “Malines”
  • Czech: “Mechelen”
  • Danish: “Mechelen”
  • Dutch: “Dijlestad”
  • Dutch: “Malines”
  • Dutch: “Mechelen (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Mechelen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميشيلين”
  • Esperanto: “Malines”
  • Esperanto: “Mechelen”
  • Esperanto: “Meĥleno”
  • Estonian: “Mechelen”
  • Finnish: “Malines”
  • Finnish: “Mechelen”
  • French: “Malines”
  • French: “Mechelen”
  • Georgian: “მეხელენი”
  • German: “Mechelen”
  • German: “Mecheln”
  • Greek: “Μαλίν”
  • Greek: “Μέχελεν”
  • Hebrew: “מכלן”
  • Hungarian: “Mechelen”
  • Icelandic: “Mechelen”
  • Ido: “Meklin”
  • Indonesian: “Mechelen, Belgia”
  • Indonesian: “Mechelen”
  • Interlingue: “Mechelen”
  • Irish: “Mechelen”
  • Italian: “Malines”
  • Italian: “Mechelen”
  • Japanese: “メッヘレン”
  • Japanese: “メヘレン”
  • Korean: “메헬런”
  • Korean: “메헬렌”
  • Latin: “Maclinia”
  • Latin: “Mechelen”
  • Latin: “Mechlinae”
  • Latin: “Mechlinia”
  • Latvian: “Mehelena”
  • Limburgan: “Mechele”
  • Lithuanian: “Mechelen”
  • Lithuanian: “Mechelenas”
  • Lombard: “Malines”
  • Lombard: “Mechelen”
  • Lombard: “Mecheln”
  • Lombard: “Mechlin”
  • Luxembourgish: “Malines”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mechelen”
  • Macedonian: “Мехелен”
  • Maltese: “Mechelen”
  • Neapolitan: “Malines”
  • Northern Frisian: “Mechelen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malines”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mechelen”
  • Norwegian: “Mechelen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Malines”
  • Ossetian: “Мехелен”
  • Persian: “مشلان”
  • Piemontese: “Mechelen”
  • Polish: “Mechelen”
  • Portuguese: “Malinas”
  • Portuguese: “Malines”
  • Portuguese: “Mechelen”
  • Romanian: “Malines”
  • Romanian: “Mechelen”
  • Russian: “Мехелен”
  • Russian: “Сеньория Малин”
  • Russian: “Сеньория Мехелен”
  • Serbian: “Mechelen”
  • Serbian: “Mecheln”
  • Serbian: “Mehelen”
  • Serbian: “Мехелен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mechelen”
  • Silesian: “Mechelen”
  • Slovak: “Mechelen”
  • Slovenian: “Malines”
  • Slovenian: “Mechelen”
  • Slovenian: “Mechlin”
  • Spanish: “Malinas”
  • Spanish: “Malines”
  • Spanish: “Mechelen”
  • Spanish: “Mechlin”
  • Swahili: “Mechelen”
  • Swedish: “Malines”
  • Swedish: “Mechelen”
  • Swedish: “Mecheln”
  • Tatar: “Мехелен”
  • Thai: “Mechelen”
  • Thai: “เมเคอเลิน”
  • Turkish: “Malines”
  • Turkish: “Mechelen”
  • Ukrainian: “Мехелен”
  • Urdu: “میخلن”
  • Vietnamese: “Mechelen”
  • Vlaams: “Mechelen”
  • Vlaams: “Mecheln”
  • Volapük: “Malines”
  • Volapük: “Mechelen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mechelen”
  • Welsh: “Malines”
  • Welsh: “Mechelen”
  • Wu Chinese: “梅赫伦”
  • Zeeuws: “Mechelen”
  • “Mechelen”

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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 “Mechelen”. Photo: Donarreiskoffer, CC BY 3.0.