Lier

city in Antwerp province, Belgium
Organization municipality_of_belgium Q12460
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Lier

Summary

Lier is a municipality of Belgium[1]. Lier ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lier is located in Arrondissement of Mechelen[3].
  • Lier is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • Lier is on the body of water Nete[5].
  • Lier's head of government is recorded as Frank Boogaerts[6].
  • Lier's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium[7].
  • Lier's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city[8].
  • Lier's capital is recorded as Lier[9].
  • Lier's official language is recorded as Dutch[10].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Berlaar[11].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Emblem[12].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver[13].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Lint[14].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Putte[15].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Ranst[16].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Duffel[17].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Sint-Katelijne-Waver[18].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Boechout[19].
  • Lier's shares border with is recorded as Nijlen[20].
  • Lier's flag is recorded as flag of Lier[21].
  • Lier's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms of Lier[22].
  • Lier's postal code is recorded as 2500[23].
  • Lier is part of Police Zone Lier[24].
  • Lier is part of Emergency zone Rivierenland[25].
  • Lier's Commons category is recorded as Lier (Belgium)[26].
  • Lier's patron saint is recorded as Gummarus[27].

Body

Identity

Lier's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Lier'}[28]. Part of include Police Zone Lier[24], a police zone[29], in Belgium[30] and Emergency zone Rivierenland[25], an emergency zone[31], in Belgium[32], headquartered in Mechelen[33].

Why It Matters

Lier ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (456 views/month).[2] Lier has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Lier is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 57
    Owner of → coat of arms of Lier, Zimmertoren
    Wikipedia languages → ['be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1830]]: [[Q203864]], #pwb Copy label Add eigenaar van (P1830)"
  2. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41549|batch #41549]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Police Zone Lier, Emergency zone Rivierenland
    Global anabaptist mennonite encyclopedia online id → Lier (Antwerp, Belgium)
    P14586 → 90849
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 90849, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
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