Arlon (Belgium)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ארלון (בלגיה)
Name (Latin)
Arlon (Belgium)
Other forms of name
Arel (Belgium)
Aarlen (Belgium)
Coordinates
5.816666666 5.816666666 49.68361111 49.68361111 (gooearth )
E0054900 E0054900 N0494100 N0494100 (geonames )
Associated country
Belgium
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 139525772
Wikidata: Q675960
Library of congress: n 50067796
Sources of Information
  • Columbia Lipp. gazetteer of the world, 1962:p. 100 (Arlon. Flemish: Aarlen. In Luxembourg Prov., S.E. Belgium. 55°20ʹN3°85ʹE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 49°41ʹ00ʺN 005°49ʹ00ʺE)
  • Loeb, J. Das hochdeutsche sprachgebiet ... 1918.
  • Loeb, J.Das hochdeutsche sprachgebiet ... 1918.
  • Columbia Lipp. gazetteer of the world, 1962:p. 100 (Arlon. Flemish: Aarlen. In Luxembourg Prov., S.E. Belgium. 55p0s 20ʹ N3p0s 85ʹE)

Wikipedia description:

Arlon (French pronunciation: [aʁlɔ̃] ; Walloon: Årlon; Dutch: Aarlen [ˈaːrlə(n)] ; Luxembourgish: Arel [ˈaːʀəl] ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Luxembourg in Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is the smallest provincial capital in Belgium. Arlon is also the capital of its cultural region: the Arelerland (Land of Arlon in Luxembourgish). The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Arlon proper, Autelbas, Bonnert, Guirsch, Heinsch, and Toernich. Other population centers include: Autelhaut, Clairefontaine, Fouches, Frassem, Freylange, Hachy, Heckbous, Rosenberg, Sampont, Schoppach, Sesselich, Seymerich, Stehnen, Sterpenich, Stockem, Udange, Viville, Waltzing, Weyler, and Wolberg.

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