Lanaken
Sign in to saveLanaken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. Its area is 59.00 km2 which gives a population density of 415 inhabitants per km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Lanaken
- Belgium municipality.picture
- 20140727 Bridge over Zuid-Willemsvaart in Smeermaas.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Zuid-Willemsvaart at Smeermaas
- Belgium municipality.map
- Lanaken Limburg Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Lanaken in Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Lanaken wapen.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Lanaken vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Limburg
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Tongeren
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 73042
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Marino Keulen (Open Vld)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- Open Vld, Vooruit-Groen
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 3620-3621
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 089
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.lanaken.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Tongeren
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 25818
- Area
- 59.00
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Albert Canal
- Shares border with
- Zutendaal
- Official website
- www.lanaken.be
- Image
- Lanaken - Sint-Ursulakerk.jpg
- Dialing code
- 089
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- postal code
- 3621
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lanaken
- Commons category
- Lanaken
- topic's main category
- Category:Lanaken
- annual number of weddings
- 75
- social media followers
- 1520
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32 89 73 07 30
- contains settlement
- Veldwezelt
- P13200
- telecommunications
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Nature and landscape
- Economy
- Transportation
- Born in Lanaken
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Lanaken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. Its area is 59.00 km2 which gives a population density of 415 inhabitants per km2.
Lanaken is located on the Belgian-Dutch border, bordering Maastricht directly. In the 2006 census, some 20 percent of the inhabitants turned out to have the Dutch nationality. A number of neighbourhoods in Lanaken is characterized by these immigrants' numerous villas and exclusive landhouses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanaken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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