What is Balen?
{{Infobox Belgium Municipality |name=Balen |picture= Balen, kerk foto2 2009-08-31 13.38.JPG |picture-legend= The church of Balen |map=BalenLocatie.png |map-legend=Location of Balen in the province of Antwerp |arms=Balen wapen2.svg |flag=Flag of Balen.svg |region={{BE-REG-FLE}} |community={{BE-NL}} |province={{BE-PROV-AN}} |arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Turnhout|Turnhout]] |nis=13003 |pyramid-date= |0-19= |20-64= |65= |foreigners= |foreigners-date= |mayor=Johan Leysen ([[CD&V]]) |majority=[[CD&V]], [[SP.A]] |postal-codes=2490, 2491 |telephone-area=014, 011 |web=[http://www.balen.be www.balen.be] |coordinates = {{coord|51|10|N|05|09|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} }} '''Balen''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[province]] of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. In 2007, 20379 people lived there.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |title=Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-14 |archive-date=2008-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123144002/http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is at 51° 10 North, 05° 10 East.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2008-07-14 |archive-date=2004-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040723190930/http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Antwerp (province)}} {{Belgium-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of Antwerp]]