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Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen metro station

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Comte de Flandre metro
Comte de Flandre metro

Comte de Flandre (French) or Graaf van Vlaanderen (Dutch) is a Brussels metro station located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels (Belgium). It opened on 8 May 1981 as part of the Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne–Beekkant extension of former line 1. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1 and 5, which cross Brussels from east to west. It takes its name from the nearby Rue du Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderenstraat.

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Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen metro station
Rue Sainte-Marie - Sint-Mariastraat,

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