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Messines ​((nl)Mesen -(pcd) Messene)
The entrance to Ridge British Cemetery and the New Zealand Memorial.
Information
Country	Belgium
Regions	Province of West Flanders ​Belgian Westhoek
Watercourse	Bollaerbeek
Area	3,58 km²
Population	1 040 hab. (1er january 2020)
Density	290,5 inhab./km²
Nice	Messinois (nl) Mesenaar
Official languages	Dutch , French
Other language	Picard
Postal code	8957
Telephone prefix	32 57
Location
50 ° 45 ′ 33 ″ N 2 ° 53 ′ 43 ″ E
Official site
Touristic site
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Messines is a town Dutch speaking from Belgian Westhoek To linguistic facilities for francophones and the smallest town of Belgium.

Understand

Tourist information office

• 50.765582.897971 Toerisme Mesen Markt 22,   32 57 22 17 14, fax : 32 57 48 65 63, e-mail : [email protected]  Mon.- sea. : 8 h 30 - 12 h, Game. : 8 h 30 - 12 h and13 h 30 - 18 h 30, Fri. : 8 h 30 - 12 h. (last updated Nov 2016)

To go

By train

The nearest stations are at Ypres and to Comines.

By bus

• Line 742  – The regular line not^o 742 « Ieper ↔ The Bizet »Crosses the town on a north-south axis. (last updated Nov 2016)

By car

• Coming from the north and Ypres :
  • take the national road NOT336 (Rijselseweg) to the hamlet of Sint-Elooi and, then, the NOT365 (Ieperstraat).
• Coming from the east and from Kortrijk :
  • join the highway A19 and take the exit 2a to take the national road NOT58 until Warneton then turn right on NOT336 (Ypres causeway) to the locality Four Kings and, finally, on the left the NOT314 (komenstraat).
• Coming from any other direction:
  • join the highway A25 (Lille ↔ Dunkirk) until the exit  8 The Chapel of Armentières (in order to avoid crossingArmentières) then take the departmental road D945 then, on the left the D7 to the Belgian border and then the national road NOT58 until Warneton then turn right on NOT336 (Ypres causeway) to the locality Four Kings and, finally, on the left the NOT314 (komenstraat).

Circulate

To speak

Messines is a so-called easy commune. The majority language is Dutch but French can be used with authorities and road signs are bilingual.

To see

Patrimony

• 50.764082.899261 St. Nicholas Church Featherstonplein (last updated Nov 2016)

World War I commemorative sites

• 50.76092.91132 Bethleem Farm East Cemetery Rijselstraat – Commonwealth Soldiers Military Cemetery (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.75882.90663 Bethleem Farm West Cemetery Rijselstraat – Commonwealth Soldiers Military Cemetery (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.759832.894924 Island of Ireland Peace park Armentierssteenweg (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.7652.89075 New Zealand Ridge Memorial Nieuwkerkestraat (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.764532.890916 Ridge British Cemetery Nieuwkerkestraat (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.760372.891357 New Zealand Memorial Nieuw Zeelandersstraat (last updated Nov 2016)

Do

To buy

Eat

Have a drink / Go out

Housing

• 50.76532.89351 Messines Peace Village Nieuwkerkestraat 9A,   32 57 226 040, e-mail : [email protected] – Holiday center, 128 beds (last updated Nov 2016)
• 50.7642.8992 The Saint-Joseph Cloister Oude Kerkhofstraat 11,   32 57 466 990, e-mail : [email protected] – Bed & Breakfast, 2 to 6 beds (last updated Nov 2016)

Communicate

Manage the day-to-day

Municipal administration

• 50.765152.898372 City Hall (Stadhuis) Markt 1 (last updated Nov 2016)

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