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Menen is also a variation of the nauruan district's name Meneng
Meneng

Meneng is a district located in the Meneng Constituency in the country Nauru.The constituency returns 2 members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren....


Menen is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of West Flanders
West Flanders

West Flanders is the westernmost Provinces of regions in Belgium of Flemish Region, in Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands, the Flemish Region province of East Flanders and the Wallonia province of Hainaut in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea....
. 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 kmē which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 980 inhabitants per kmē.

The city of Menen gives its name to the Menin Gate
Menin Gate

The Menin Gate Memorial at the eastern exit of the town of Ypres , Belgium, marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during World War I....
 in Ypres
Ypres

Ypres , Ieper , or Ypern is a Belgium Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders....
 which is a monument to those killed in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
.






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Menen is also a variation of the nauruan district's name Meneng
Meneng

Meneng is a district located in the Meneng Constituency in the country Nauru.The constituency returns 2 members to the Parliament of Nauru in Yaren....


Menen is a municipality
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
 located in the Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 province of West Flanders
West Flanders

West Flanders is the westernmost Provinces of regions in Belgium of Flemish Region, in Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands, the Flemish Region province of East Flanders and the Wallonia province of Hainaut in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea....
. 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 kmē which gives a population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 of 980 inhabitants per kmē.

The city of Menen gives its name to the Menin Gate
Menin Gate

The Menin Gate Memorial at the eastern exit of the town of Ypres , Belgium, marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during World War I....
 in Ypres
Ypres

Ypres , Ieper , or Ypern is a Belgium Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders....
 which is a monument to those killed in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The gate is so called as that roads travels to Menen.

History

Menen's position near the French border led to many sieges in the history of the city. There were as many as 22 sieges between 1579 and 1830. The city was part of France between 1668 and 1713. Vauban
Vauban

S?bastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban , commonly referred to as Vauban, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age, famed for his skill in both designing fortifications and in breaking through them....
 turned Menen into a model-fortification (1679-1689). The city was besieged and taken by the duke of Marlborough
Duke of Marlborough

The Dukedom of Marlborough , is a hereditary title of British nobility in the Peerage of Peerage of England. The first holder of the title was John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , the noted English general, and indeed an unqualified reference to the Duke of Marlborough in a historical text will almost certainly be a reference to him...
's allied Army in August 1706. A new art museum, the Stadsmuseum ’t Schippershof, opened in 1999 which holds many works by Menen-born sculptress Yvonne Serruys
Yvonne Serruys

Yvonne Serruys was a France-Belgium artist.Born in Menen, West Flanders into a wealthy francophone family, Yvonne studied painting and drawing with Emile Claus....
. The Mayor of City is Gilbert Bossuyt. He is a member of the socialist party called SP.A.

Towns

Mapmenen
The municipality of Menen consists of Menen proper, Lauwe and Rekkem. In the area of Rekkem, there's also the hamlet Paradijs, separated by Rekkem proper by the A14/E17
European route E17

European route E 17 passes through the following cities:Antwerp - Ghent - Kortrijk - Lille - Arras - Cambrai - Laon - Reims - Ch?lons-sur-Marne - Troyes - Langres - Beaune...
. In addition to the central town, Menen proper also contains the parishes and districts De Barakken and Ons Dorp. Menen proper is mainly located north of the Leie, Lauwe and Rekkem are located south of the river. The urban area of the city of Menen is directly connected with the urban area of the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 municipality Halluin
Halluin

Halluin is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France....
.

The municipality of Menen borders the following villages:
  • a. Moorsele (Wevelgem)
  • b. Wevelgem
    Wevelgem

    Wevelgem is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Gullegem, Moorsele and Wevelgem proper....
     (Wevelgem)
  • c. Marke
    Marke

    Marke is a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
     (Kortrijk)
  • d. Aalbeke (Kortrijk)
  • e. Moeskroen (Moeskroen; Wallonia
    Wallonia

    Wallonia is the Francophone southern part of Belgium. This region makes up about 31% of the Belgian population.Since 1970, Wallonia has approximately coincided with the territory of the Walloon Region, which is a federated component of the Belgian state and provides a government and a parliament to both Wallonia and the smaller German-s...
    )
  • f. Neuville-en-Ferrain
    Neuville-en-Ferrain

    Neuville-en-Ferrain is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It is part of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole....
     (France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    )
  • g. Halluin
    Halluin

    Halluin is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France....
     (France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    )
  • h. Wervik
    Wervik

    Wervik is a municipality located in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Wervik and the town of Geluwe....
     (Wervik)
  • i. Geluwe (Wervik)



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