Menen

Summary

Menen is a municipality of Belgium^[1]. Menen ranks in the top 10% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 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 instance of is recorded as municipality of Belgium^[7].
• Menen's instance of is recorded as Belgian municipality with the title of city^[8].
• Menen's capital is recorded as Menen^[9].
• Menen's official language is recorded as Dutch^[10].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Wervik^[11].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Mouscron^[12].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Kortrijk^[13].
• Menen's shares border with is recorded as Halluin^[14].
• Menen's flag is recorded as flag of Menen^[15].
• Menen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Halluin^[16].
• Menen's coat of arms is recorded as Coat of arms of Menen^[17].
• Menen's postal code is recorded as 8930^[18].
• Menen is part of Q2389717^[19].
• Menen is part of Emergency rescue zone Fluvia^[20].
• Menen's Commons category is recorded as Menen^[21].
• Menen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Menen's local dialing code is recorded as 056^[23].
• Menen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.795555555556, 'lon': 3.1216666666667}^[24].
• Menen's official website is recorded as https://www.menen.be^[25].
• Menen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Menen^[26].
• Menen's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected]^[27].

Body

Identity

Part of include Q2389717^[19], a police zone^[28], in Belgium^[29] and Emergency rescue zone Fluvia^[20], an emergency zone^[30], in Belgium^[31], headquartered in Kortrijk^[32].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Menen include Menin Gate^[33], a war memorial^[34], in Belgium^[35], founded in 1927^[36].

Why It Matters

Menen ranks in the top 10% of municipality_of_belgium entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).^[2] Menen has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Menen is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Menen include Menin Gate^[33], a war memorial^[34], in Belgium^[35], founded in 1927^[36].