Aalst is a city and municipality in the province of East Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, situated on the Dender River about 31 kilometers northwest of Brussels. It had a population of 88,854 as of January 2022 across 78.66 square kilometers, making it the tenth largest city in Belgium, and its municipality includes the city proper along with eight surrounding villages such as Baardegem and Erembodegem. Aalst is first documented in the 9th century as the villa Alost, a dependency of the Abbey of Lobbes, and it is home to a UNESCO-listed belfry housing the oldest carillon in Belgium.
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Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Latitude50.938333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Aalst, Belgium (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead section
it is the country's tenth largest city by population with 92,131 inhabitants.
article header coordinates
50°56′18″N 04°02′21″E
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Aalst, Belgium (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 14 m
P2046 (area)
area 78.12 sq km
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 50.9383,4.0392
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 17.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.25
50.75 4.25 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Aalst - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2803448, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.36 km)Quote, cities500 record 2803448, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.36 km)
50.93604 4.0355 P PPL BE VLG VOV 41 41002 77534 12 Europe/Brussels
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