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Country
  
Belgium

Region
  
Flemish Region

Area codes
  
03

Postal code
  
2960

Local time
  
Friday 2:23 AM

Arrondissement
  
Arrondissement of Antwerp

Community
  
Flemish Community

Postal codes
  
2960

Website
  
www.brecht.be

Area code
  
03

Province
  
Antwerp

Brecht, Belgium

Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity

Brecht ( [brɛxt]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and Sint-Lenaarts. On January 1, 2006 Brecht had a total population of 26,464. The total area is 90.84 km² which gives a population density of 291 inhabitants per km².

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Map of 2960 Brecht, Belgium

Brecht is a fast-growing municipality in the north of the Antwerp province, near the Dutch border. Noorderkempen, a railway station on the HSL 4, opened on 15 June 2009.

Notable people

  • Leonard Lessius (1554-1623), moral theologian, born in Brecht
  • Jean Kockerols (1958-), Roman Catholic bishop
  • References

    Brecht, Belgium Wikipedia


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