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Arrondissement Sint-Niklaas

Sint-Niklaas

Sint-Niklaas is a medium-sized city of around 82,000 people, in , between the bigger cities of and . It is the capital city of the Waas region, which is surrounded by the river Schelde on three sides.
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  • Type: Town with 77,700 residents
  • Description: municipality in East Flanders, Belgium
  • Also known as: “46021”, “Arrondissement de Saint-Nicolas”, and “Sint-Nicolai”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sint-Niklaas railway station and Walburg Castle.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Sint-Niklaas, , Belgium. The original station opened on 3 November 1844 on railway line 59.

Castle
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is a 16th-century castle in the city of Sint-Niklaas. The castle dates from the 16th century. In 1553 knight Willem van Waelwijck built his moated castle within walking distance of the market.

Town hall
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is a town hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belsele and Nieuwkerken-Waas.

Village
is a and a deelgemeente of the municipality of Sint-Niklaas, which is situated in the province of . is situated 4 km southwest of Sint-Niklaas.

Village
is a village in the province . Since 1977, it has been a subdivision of the municipality of Sint-Niklaas. is situated 4 km northeast of Sint-Niklaas.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Sint-Niklaas.

Sint-Niklaas

Latitude
51.1647° or 51° 9′ 53″ north
Longitude
4.1395° or 4° 8′ 22″ east
Population
77,700
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
9F36547Q+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1646069513
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2786579
Wiki­data ID
Q13127
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Sint-Niklaas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Albanian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Arabic: “سينت نيكلاس”
  • Armenian: “Սինթ-Նիքլաս”
  • Armenian: “Սինտ Նիկլաս”
  • Asturian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Bashkir: “Синт-Никлас”
  • Basque: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Belarusian: “Сінт-Ніклас”
  • Belarusian: “Сінт-Нікляас”
  • Breton: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Bulgarian: “Синт Никлас”
  • Catalan: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Cebuano: “Sint-Niklaas (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Chinese: “圣尼克拉斯”
  • Chinese: “聖尼克拉斯”
  • Czech: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Danish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Nicolaas-ten-Bos”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Niklaas-Waas”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Esperanto: “Sankt-Nikolao”
  • Esperanto: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Estonian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Finnish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • French: “Saint-Nicolas-Waes”
  • French: “Saint-Nicolas”
  • French: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Georgian: “სინტ-ნიკლასი”
  • German: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Hebrew: “סיינט ניקלאס”
  • Hungarian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Icelandic: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Indonesian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Irish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Italian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Japanese: “シント＝ニクラース”
  • Korean: “신트니클라스”
  • Latin: “Sancti Nicolae in Bosco”
  • Latin: “Sancti Nicolae”
  • Latvian: “Sintniklāsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Sint Niklasas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Macedonian: “Синт Никлас”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Norwegian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Persian: “سن‌نیکلا”
  • Persian: “سینت-نیکلاس”
  • Polish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Portuguese: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Romanian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Russian: “Синт-Никлас”
  • Scots: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Serbian: “Син Никлас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Silesian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Slovak: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Slovenian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Spanish: “San Nicolas de Flandes”
  • Spanish: “San Nicolás de Flandes”
  • Spanish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Swahili: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Swedish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Tatar: “Синт-Никлас”
  • Thai: “ซินต์-นีกลาส”
  • Turkish: “Saint Nicolas”
  • Turkish: “Saint-Nicolas”
  • Turkish: “Sint Nicolaas ten Bos”
  • Turkish: “Sint Niklaas”
  • Turkish: “Sint-Nicolaas-ten-Bos”
  • Turkish: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Ukrainian: “Сінт-Ніклас”
  • Vietnamese: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Vlaams: “Sint-Nikloas”
  • Volapük: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Niklaas (plak)”
  • Western Frisian: “Sint-Niklaas”
  • Zeeuws: “Sint-Niklaos”
  • Zeeuws: “Sinterklaos”

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