Menen

Summary

Menen is a municipality of Belgium^[1]. Menen ranks in the top 10% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Menen is located in Arrondissement of Kortrijk^[3].
• Menen is in the country of Belgium^[4].
• Menen is on the body of water Lys^[5].
• Menen's head of government is recorded as Eddy Lust^[6].
• Menen's image is recorded as Menen - Town hall and belfry 1.jpg^[7].
• Menen's image is recorded as Menen Lauwestraat f1 - 239168 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg^[8].
• Menen's instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium^[9].
• Menen's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city^[10].
• Menen's capital is recorded as Menen^[11].
• Menen's official language is recorded as Dutch^[12].
• Menen's flag image is recorded as Flag of Menen.svg^[13].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Wervik^[14].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Mouscron^[15].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Kortrijk^[16].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Halluin^[17].
• Menen's coat of arms image is recorded as Menen wapen.svg^[18].
• Menen's flag is recorded as flag of Menen^[19].
• Menen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Halluin^[20].
• Menen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151411397^[21].
• Menen's GND ID is recorded as 4114565-3^[22].
• Menen's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of Menen^[23].
• Menen's locator map image is recorded as Menen West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg^[24].
• Menen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n92002107^[25].
• Menen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15080350w^[26].
• Menen's IdRef ID is recorded as 142751855^[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Q2389717^[28], a police zone^[29], in Belgium^[30] and Emergency rescue zone Fluvia^[31], an emergency zone^[32], in Belgium^[33], headquartered in Kortrijk^[34].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Menen include Menin Gate^[35], a war memorial^[36], in Belgium^[37], founded in 1927^[38].

Why It Matters

Menen ranks in the top 10% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2] Menen has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Menen is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Menen include Menin Gate^[35], a war memorial^[36], in Belgium^[37], founded in 1927^[38].