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Melsele
Sign in to saveMelsele is a town in the Belgian province of East Flanders, between the city of Beveren and the nearby town of Zwijndrecht. Tram route 3 which starts just outside the town connects it to Zwijndrecht and Antwerp. The town's road links include the E17 (France - Antwerp) and the E34 (Knokke-Heist - Antwerp).
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Melsele is a municipality section located in Beveren, Belgium. It sits at an elevation of 6 meters above sea level and covers an area of 18.54 square kilometers. The settlement falls within the Europe/Brussels timezone.
The population of Melsele is recorded as 10941. It is classified with the feature code PPL. Street-level imagery is available for the area, with four panoramic photos captured on May 18, 2021. These images were created by the user koninklijke.
Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, GeoNames, Mapillary. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Melsele
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kapel gaverland 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Our Lady in Gaverland Chapel
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belgium
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Belgium
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Flemish Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- East Flanders
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Beveren
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 18.40
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 11,093
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality section
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Beveren
- Area
- 18.54
- Elevation
- 6
- Official website
- www.beveren.be
- Image
- Olvkerk Melsele.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melsele
- postal code
- 9120
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
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- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Melsele is a town in the Belgian province of East Flanders, between the city of Beveren and the nearby town of Zwijndrecht. Tram route 3 which starts just outside the town connects it to Zwijndrecht and Antwerp. The town's road links include the E17 (France - Antwerp) and the E34 (Knokke-Heist - Antwerp).
==History== Melsele is one of the oldest settlements of Waasland. Ceramics and coins have been found from the Roman period. The parish had been established before the year 1000. In 1375, dikes were constructed to protect the polder, however during the 14th and 15th century there were several floods.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melsele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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