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The area around Mechelen is famous for the cultivation of vegetables, among which are Belgian endive (witloof), asparagus, and cauliflower. Founded in the city, the Mechelse Veilingen in neighbouring Sint-Katelijne-Waver is the largest co-operative vegetable auction in Europe. [14] One of the four breeds of the Belgian Sheepdog is the local ...
Mechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛxələ(n)]; Limburgish: Mechele [ˈmæxələ]) is a town in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem , and lies about 13 km south of Heerlen .
Mechelen (86,304) Aalst (85,715) Hasselt (77,651) Sint-Niklaas (76,756) Kortrijk (76,265) Ostend (71,332) Genk (66,110) Roeselare (62,301) The Flemish Diamond (Dutch: Vlaamse Ruit) is the name of the central, populous area in Flanders and consists of several of these cities, such as Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven and Mechelen. Approximately 5.5 million ...
Maasmechelen (Dutch pronunciation: [maːsˈmɛxələ(n)]; Limburgish: Mechele) is a municipality located on the Meuse in the Belgian province of Limburg.. It comprises the former municipalities of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem.
The Low Countries as seen from NASA space satellite. The Low Countries (Dutch: de Lage Landen; French: les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the ...
The Arrondissement of Mechelen was created in 1800 as the third arrondissement in the Department of Deux-Nèthes (Dutch: Departement Twee Nethen).It originally comprised the cantons of Duffel, Heist-op-den-Berg, Lier, Mechelen and Puurs.
Mechelen-Nekkerspoel railway station (Dutch: Station Mechelen-Nekkerspoel; French: Gare de Malines-Nekkerspoel) [a] is a railway station in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 3 December 1903 on railway lines 25, 27 and 27B. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). [1]
Mechelen was the real village in the area, with the Saint Anne's church. The parish of Rukkelingen split off in 1213. Pepingen had Saint Martin's chapel, renovated in 1623 and 1673. When the domain of the castle expanded, Pepingen lost most of its inhabitants, and the chapel demolished in 1880. [1] Mechelen-Bovelingen was a mainly agricultural ...