Menen
Menen is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders.
Menen is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km2 which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Menen
9 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.
- 01Guldensporen Stadion
Guldensporen Stadion spoːrə ˌstaːdijɔn]) is a multi-use stadium in Kortrijk, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of K.V. Kortrijk.
9.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Stade Le Canonnier
Le Canonnier is a multi-use stadium in Mouscron, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of Royal Excel Mouscron until the club was folded in 2022.
9.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Menen German war cemetery
The Menen German war cemetery is a military cemetery in the Belgian town of Menen territory and partly in Wevelgem. There were nearly 48,000 German soldiers buried from the First World War, making it the largest in Flanders.
2.6 km · cemetery in Menen, Belgium · Wikipedia - 04Hôtel de ville de Tourcoing
The Hôtel de Ville is a historic building in Tourcoing, Nord, northern France, standing on the Rue Paul Doumer. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1981.
9 km · town hall in Tourcoing, France · Wikipedia - 05Jardin botanique de Tourcoing
The Jardin botanique de Tourcoing is a municipal botanical garden and arboretum located at 32 rue du Moulin Fagot, Tourcoing, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. It is open daily; admission is free.
9.1 km · botanical garden in France · Wikipedia - 06Parc Arboretum du Manoir aux Loups
The Parc Arboretum du Manoir aux Loups is a private arboretum located at 300 Route de Neuville, Halluin, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. It is open in spring and fall plus summer Saturdays; an admission fee is charged.
4.6 km · garden in France · Wikipedia - 07Zantvoorde British Cemetery
Zantvoorde British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front. It also contains the remains of a British airman killed during the Second World War.
9.5 km · WWI CWGC cemetery in Belgium · Wikipedia - 08Église Saint-Christophe (Tourcoing)
Saint Christopher Church is a Neo-Gothic church in Tourcoing, in the Nord department of France. Located near the town hall on the eastern side of the Grand-Place, it is dedicated to Saint Christopher and belongs to the Diocese of Lille.
9.2 km · church located in Nord, in France · Wikipedia - 09Town hall of Comines
The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Comines, Nord, in northern France, standing on the Grand Place. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 2001.
8.7 km · town hall in France · Wikipedia
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Getting to Menen
- Airports
- Lille (LIL), 26 km · Ostend-Bruges (OST), 48 km · Brussels (BRU), 97 km
- Stations
- Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport, 6.5 km · Tourcoing station, 10 km · Moorsele Airfield, 6.2 km
- Oostende → Menen50 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · €7–10
- Zaventem → Menen95 km · quickest by road, 2h · €12–16
- Charleroi → Menen103 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · €13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Menen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Menen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Menen
- Mouscroncity in Wallonia, Belgium9.3 km
- Wevelgemmunicipality in West Flanders, Belgium4.8 km
- Wervikcity in West Flanders, Belgium5.8 km
- Comines-Warnetoncity in Wallonia, Belgium9 km
- Ledegemmunicipality in West Flanders, Belgium5.9 km
- Risquons-Toutvillage in Wallonia, Belgium7.2 km