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| Mechelen |
Population : 82,325
Location: Mechelen, 000, Belgium.
Area: 33.71 km2(13.02 sq mi)
Mechelen is a city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium.
The municipality comprises the city of Mechelen proper, some quarters at its
outskirts, the hamlets of Nekkerspoel
(adjacent) and Battel (a few kilometers away), as well as the villages of
Walem, Heffen, Leest, Hombeek, and Muizen. The Dijle flows through the city,
hence it is often referred to as the Dijlestad ("City on the river
Dijle").
Mechelen lies on the major urban and
industrial axis Brussels-Antwerp, about 25 km from each city. Inhabitants find
employment at Mechelen's southern industrial and northern office estates, as
well as at offices or industry near the capital and Zaventem Airport, or at
industrial plants near Antwerp's seaport.
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Mechelen is one of Flanders' prominent cities
of historical art, with Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. It was
notably a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance, when
painters, printmakers, illuminators and composers of polyphony were attracted
by patrons such as Margaret of York, Margaret of Austria and Jeroen Van
Busleyden.
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