Menen is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km2 which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km2.
Town hall of Menen
't Schippershof [nl] in Menen.
German World War I military cemetery in Menen.
Menen casemates
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
The Menin Gate
Menenpoort on 28 May 1914, before World War I
Unveiling of the memorial in 1924 by Field Marshal Herbert Plumer
Interior, Menin Gate