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Vilvoorde

Western Europe

Vilvoorde is a city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde itself along with its outlying quarters of Koningslo and Houtem and the small town of Peutie.

Facts
Population
44,015 1
Founding Year
779 2
Founding Year
779 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Vilvoorde (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 44,015 (2018)
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2. Vilvoorde (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 779
    The name Filfurdo was first mentioned in a 779 document whereby Pippin of Herstal ceded this territory to the Abbey of Chèvremont, near Liège.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 779
    The name Filfurdo was first mentioned in a 779 document whereby Pippin of Herstal ceded this territory to the Abbey of Chèvremont, near Liège.
  • Source text, founding-year: 779
    The name Filfurdo was first mentioned in a 779 document whereby Pippin of Herstal ceded this territory to the Abbey of Chèvremont, near Liège.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. 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, 4.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.75, 4.25
50.75 4.25 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Vilvoorde - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2784604, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2784604, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
50.92814 4.42938 P PPL BE VLG VBR 23 23088 36955 19 Europe/Brussels
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