Flanders
East Flanders
Arrondissement of Ghent

Malem

Malem is a garden-city neighbourhood in the city of , . The neighbourhood was built between 1948 and 1953 in a very homogeneous garden-city idea, with uniform white houses, that were designed to house victims of World War II.
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Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: neighborhood in Belgium
  • Also known as: “Malem, Ghent”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of the Counts and Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx.

Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gravensteen is a medieval castle in the city of , in . The current castle dates from 1180 and was the residence of the Counts of Flanders until 1353.

Sports venue
Photo: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx is a sport complex with indoor cycling track in the Belgian city of . It is named after the famous Belgian road and track cyclist Eddy Merckx.

Church
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ekkergem and Brugse Poort.

Quarter
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
The or Hof ten Walle was a historic building in , in . It served as the official residence of the Counts of Flanders from the 15th century after the fell into disuse, having previously been the home of the financier Simon de Mirabello.

Malem

Latitude
51.05279° or 51° 3′ 10″ north
Longitude
3.69449° or 3° 41′ 40″ east
Open location code
9F353M3V+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227168248
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Wiki­data ID
Q572882
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Satellite Map

Discover Malem from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Scots—“Malem” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Malem”
  • French: “Malem”
  • Italian: “Malem”
  • Polish: “Malem”
  • Scots: “Malem, Ghent”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Circuskerk and Veld 2.

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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 Wikipedia page “Malem”. Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.