Lier is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp, made up of the city of Lier proper and the village of Koningshooikt, with its center surrounded by the river Nete. It had a population of 35,712 in 2018 across a total area of 49.70 square kilometers, a density of 720 people per square kilometer. Lier is known for its beers, its patron saint Gummarus, and the Lierse vlaaikes cake, and is home to the world headquarters of the bus and coach manufacturer Van Hool.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Latitude51.131111 degrees north 2 Climate Zone Sources
1. Lier, Belgium (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead paragraph, population
population of 35,712
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Lier, Belgium (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.131111, longitude 4.569722
P2046 (area)
area 49.85 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2018)
View the Source3. 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 51.25, 4.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 4.75
51.25 4.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Lier - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2792397, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.05 km)Quote, cities500 record 2792397, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.05 km)
51.13128 4.57041 P PPL BE VLG VAN 12 12021 33272 9 Europe/Brussels
Wikidata: Lier, Belgium
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