Turnhout

Turnhout is a town in the province of , counting 43,000 inhabitants. It is the largest town in the eastern part of the province. The town is located 40 km east of Antwerp, 30 km from Dutch cities , and 40 km from , the largest city in the southern part of the Netherlands.
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  • Type: Town with 42,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “13040”, “Turnholt”, “Turnholtus”, and “تورنهاوت”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Béguinage Turnhout and National Museum of Playing Cards.

Protected area
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is a protected area.

Museum
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Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oud-Turnhout and Vosselaar.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of proper. In 2021, had a total population of 14,201.

Town
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is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of proper. In 2021, had a total population of 11,443. is situated 4½ km west of Turnhout.

Village
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is a village.

Turnhout

Latitude
51.3234° or 51° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
4.9485° or 4° 56′ 55″ east
Population
42,000
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
9F368WFX+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31492741
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2785142
Wiki­data ID
Q271783
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Turnhout” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترنهوت”
  • Arabic: “تُرَنْهَوت”
  • Armenian: “Տյուրնհաուտ”
  • Basque: “Turnhout”
  • Belarusian: “Цюрнхаўт”
  • Breton: “Turnhout”
  • Bulgarian: “Тьорнхаут”
  • Catalan: “Turnhout”
  • Cebuano: “Turnhout (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Turnhout”
  • Chinese: “蒂伦豪特”
  • Chinese: “蒂倫豪特”
  • Czech: “Turnhout”
  • Danish: “Turnhout”
  • Dutch: “Turnhout”
  • Esperanto: “Turnhout”
  • Estonian: “Turnhout”
  • Finnish: “Turnhout”
  • French: “Turnhout”
  • German: “Turnhout”
  • Greek: “Τούρνχαουτ”
  • Hebrew: “טורנהאוט”
  • Hungarian: “Turnhout”
  • Indonesian: “Turnhout”
  • Irish: “Turnhout”
  • Italian: “Turnhout”
  • Japanese: “トゥルンハウト”
  • Korean: “튀른하우트”
  • Latin: “Turnholtum”
  • Limburgan: “Turnhout”
  • Lithuanian: “Tiurnhautas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Turnhout”
  • Macedonian: “Турнхаут”
  • Neapolitan: “Turnhout”
  • Northern Frisian: “Turnhout”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Turnhout”
  • Norwegian: “Turnhout”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Turnhout”
  • Persian: “تورنو”
  • Polish: “Turnhout”
  • Portuguese: “Turnhout”
  • Romanian: “Turnhout”
  • Russian: “Тюрнхаут”
  • Serbian: “Turnaut”
  • Serbian: “Турнаут”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Turnhout”
  • Silesian: “Turnhout”
  • Slovak: “Turnhout”
  • Spanish: “Turnhout”
  • Swahili: “Turnhout”
  • Swedish: “Turnhout”
  • Tatar: “Түрнһаут”
  • Turkish: “Turnhout”
  • Ukrainian: “Тюрнгаут”
  • Urdu: “ترن ہاؤت”
  • Urdu: “ٹرن ہاؤٹ”
  • Vietnamese: “Turnhout”
  • Vlaams: “Toeroet”
  • Volapük: “Turnhout”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Turnhout”
  • Western Frisian: “Turnhout”
  • Zeeuws: “Turnhout”
  • “Turnhout”

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