Mechelen (disambiguation)
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Mechelen refers to one of these Dutch-speaking places:
Van Mechelen is a Dutch language
surname
, originally meaning of or from Mechelen.
- In Flanders, Belgium:
- MechelenMechelenMechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...
, a municipality and city in the province of Antwerp not to be confounded with:- 13 km to its south: MachelenMachelenMachelen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Diegem and Machelen proper. On January 1, 2006 Machelen had a total population of 12,500...
, a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant - 70 km to its west: Machelen (Zulte)Machelen (Zulte)Machelen, or in full Machelen-aan-de-Leie, is a village in the municipality of Zulte, Belgium. It is the home of the painter Roger Raveel....
also called Machelen-aan-de-Leie, a village in the municipality of Zulte in the province of East Flanders - Mechelen, Roman Catholic former name after the city, for the Ecclesiastical Province of, and for the Primatial See in, Belgium, now called Mechelen-Brussels, see Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels.
- 13 km to its south: Machelen
- MaasmechelenMaasmechelenMaasmechelen is a municipality located on the Meuse river in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Maasmechelen municipality comprises the former communes of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem...
, a municipality in the province of Limburg - Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, a village in the municipality of MaasmechelenMaasmechelenMaasmechelen is a municipality located on the Meuse river in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Maasmechelen municipality comprises the former communes of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem...
, in the province of Limburg - Mechelen-Bovelingen, a village in the municipality of HeersHeersHeers is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Since 1971 it comprises the parishes Batsheers, Opheers, Veulen, Gutschoven and Mettekoven, and since 1977 also Mechelen-Bovelingen, Rukkelingen-Loon , Heks, Horpmaal, Vechmaal , and Klein-Gelmen Heers is a municipality located in...
, in the province of Limburg - KwaadmechelenKwaadmechelenKwaadmechelen is a hamlet of Ham, Belgium...
, a village in the municipality of Ham, in the province of Limburg
- Mechelen
- In the Netherlands:
- Mechelen, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, in the province of Limburg
Van Mechelen is a Dutch language
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, originally meaning of or from Mechelen.