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Mesen

Field	Value
name	Mesen
type	city
picture	Mesen skyline.jpg
map	Messen West-Flanders Belgium Map.svg
map-legend	Location of Mesen in West Flanders
arms	Blason ville be Mesen.svg
flag	Mesen vlag.svg
province	West Flanders
arrondissement	Ypres
nis	33016
mayor	Sandy Evrard (MLM)
majority	Mesense Liberalen/Libéraux Messinois (MLM)
postal-codes	8957
telephone-area	057
web	www.mesen.be
coordinates

|picture-legend = |map-legend = Location of Mesen in West Flanders |postal-codes = 8957 |telephone-area = 057

Mesen (; , historically used in English) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. On 1 January 2006, Mesen had a total population of 988. The total area is 3.58 km2 which gives a population density of 276 inhabitants per km2.

The municipality comprises only one main settlement, the town of Mesen proper. An exclave to the west of the main territory is surrounded by the municipalities of Heuvelland and Comines-Warneton.

The territory of Mesen (marked 'I') and its immediate neighbours. Built-up areas are shown in yellow.

Villages neighbouring the municipality:

a. Wijtschate (in the municipality of Heuvelland)
b. Warneton (in the municipality of Comines-Warneton)
c. Ploegsteert (in the municipality of Comines-Warneton)

Mesen is the smallest city in Belgium. It is a municipality with language facilities.

Mesen is twinned with Featherston in New Zealand in part due to the location of the New Zealand World War I Memorial, which has annual Anzac Day commemorations on 25 April.

History

In 1062, Adela, wife of Baldwin the Pius, count of Flanders, translated the bones of Saint Sidronius from Rome to Messines.{{citation |url=https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfTheSaintsV07/page/n307/mode/2up |accessdate=2021-08-04 |page=277

Three battles were fought over the town during World War I (1914–1918):

Battle of Messines (1914)
Battle of Messines (1917) and Mines in the Battle of Messines
Battle of the Lys (1918)

Image:Kerktoren Mesen.JPG|Church tower from Mesen Image:Sint-Niklaaskerk.JPG|Sint-Niklaaskerk Image:MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY.JPG|Messines Ridge British Cemetery Image:Tower, Irish Peace Park, Mesen, Belgium.jpg|Tower, Irish Peace Park in Mesen Image:IR Lübeck 029 – Meesen-Befehl.jpg|German Order for Mesen 7 April 1918

References

(19 July 1985). "Wet tot toekenning van de titel van stad aan de gemeenten Beringen, Bilzen, Blankenberge, Borgloon, Ciney, Couvin, Damme, Geel, Genepiën, Gistel, Halen, Hamont-Achel, Hannuit, Harelbeke, Herk-de-Stad, Lo-Reninge, Mesen, Oudenburg, Peer, Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Vilvoorde en Walcourt". [[Belgian Official Gazette]].

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