Hamont-Achel
Hamont-Achel is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
Hamont-Achel is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Limburg. It was founded in 1977 by a fusion of the city Hamont and the village Achel. On January 1, 2020, Hamont-Achel had a total population of 14.294. The total area is 43.66 km2 which gives a population density of 315 inhabitants per km2. The municipality houses the Trappist Abbey of Achel, part of which is Brouwerij de Achelse Kluis, one of the 11 Trappist breweries.
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Worth seeing in and around Hamont-Achel
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Achel Abbey
The Trappist Abbey of Achel or Saint Benedictus-Abbey or Achelse Kluis, which belongs to the Cistercians of Strict Observance, is located in Achel in the Campine region of the province of Limburg. The abbey was famous for its spiritual life and its brewery, which was one of only a few Trappist beer breweries in the world.
7 km · abbey on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Klaarland Priory
Klaarland Priory or the Priory of Our Lady of Klaarland is a Trappistine monastery in Lozen in Bocholt in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
5.7 km · monastery · Wikipedia - 03Sint-Laurenskerk, Bocholt
St. Lawrence's Church is the parish church of Bocholt, Belgium, dedicated to Saint Lawrence.
8.9 km · church building in Bocholt, Belgium · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hamont-Achel
- Airports
- Eindhoven (EIN), 25 km · Maastricht Aachen (MST), 41 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 57 km
- Stations
- Kempen Airport, 3.7 km · Maarheeze railway station, 8.2 km
- Maastricht → Hamont-Achel47 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €7–10
- Rotterdam → Hamont-Achel103 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · €14–19
- Amsterdam → Hamont-Achel132 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · €15–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hamont-Achel
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