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However, on 1 January 2001 they were given an administrative function again. The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem , Borgerhout , Deurne , Hoboken , Ekeren , Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced the number of municipalities in Belgium to 589 and was the last reorganization of the municipalities for several decades ...
location of Aachen in the Meuse (Dutch and German: Maas) river system (Wurm→ Rur→ Meuse→ North Sea)Aachen (/ ˈ ɑː k ən / ⓘ AH-kən, German: ⓘ; Aachen dialect: Oche; Dutch: Aken [ˈaːkə(n)] ⓘ; French: Aix-la-Chapelle; [a] Latin: Aquae Granni or Aquisgranum) is the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants.
Essen (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp, notable for being bordered by the Netherlands on three sides. As of September 2022, it has a population of 19,029 residents.
Wasquehal, France Bièvre is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities , a town twinning association across the European Union , alongside with: [ 27 ] Bienvenida , Spain
City Arrondissement Province Population (1/1/2017) Year of the Royal Order Communal Charter; Aalst (Alost): Aalst East Flanders 84,859: 1825: 1174 Aarschot (fr: Aerschot): Leuven Flemish Brabant
Map of Mons in the 16th century by Lodovico Guicciardini [2] Map of Mons at the siege, 1691 In 1515, Charles V took an oath in Mons as Count of Hainaut. In this period of its history, the city became the target of various occupations, starting in May 1572 with the Protestant takeover by Louis of Nassau , who had hoped to clear the way for the ...
Vilvoorde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvɪlvoːrdə] ⓘ; West Flemish: Vilvôorde; French: Vilvorde; historically known as Filford in English [2]) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district (arrondissement) of the province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde proper with its two outlying ...
Geel (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s.It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum.