Mesen 154431 209431354 2008-05-01T10:56:51Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[it:Mesen]] {{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Mesen |picture= |picture-legend= |map=MesenLocatie.png |map-legend=Location of Mesen in West Flanders |arms=Mesenwapen.gif |flag=Mesenvlag.gif |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-WV}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Ypres|Ypres]] |nis=33016 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date= |mayor= Sandy Evrard (MLM) |majority= MLM |postal-codes=8957 |telephone-area=057 |web=[http://www.mesen.be/ www.mesen.be] |lat_deg=50 |lat_min=46 |lon_deg=02 |lon_min=54 }} [[Image:Tower, Irish Peace Park, Mesen, Belgium.jpg|thumb|Tower, Irish Peace Park in Mesen.]] '''Mesen''' (''Messines'' in [[French language|French]], mostly used in English) is a [[municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[West Flanders]]. The municipality only comprises the town of Mesen proper. On January 1 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. Mesen is the smallest town in Belgium. It is a '[[municipality with language facilities]]'. ==War history== See [[Passchendaele#Messines Ridge|Messines Ridge]] and [[Battle of Messines]] ==External links== *[http://www.mesen.be/ Official website ] - in [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]]. <br> {{West_Flanders}} {{commonscat|Mesen}} [[Category:Municipalities of West Flanders]] {{WestFlanders-geo-stub}} [[br:Mesen]] [[de:Mesen (Belgien)]] [[eo:Mesen (Belgio)]] [[fr:Messines]] [[it:Mesen]] [[nl:Mesen]] [[no:Mesen (Belgia)]] [[pt:Mesen]] [[ro:Messines]] [[sv:Mesen]] [[vo:Mesen]] [[vls:Mêesn]]