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Area
  
6.95 km²

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Heffen is a village and deelgemeente in the municipality of Mechelen in the Belgian province of Antwerp.

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Map of Heffen, 2801 Mechelen, Belgium

Geography

Heffen occupies 6,95 km² and houses 2122 residents (1 january 2007). The village is located to the north-west of Mechelen at the river Zenne. Heffen was added to the municipality of Mechelen in 1976.

Places of interest

  • The parish church, devoted to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, dates back to the 14th century. Its baroque spire from 1755 was destroyed by lightning in 1865. Its octagonal spire from 1866 was demolished in 1899 and replaced by the current spire. The church and its surrounding churchyard are protected as a monument and a landscape.
  • The townhouse dating back to 1877.

    • Famous residents

  • Koen Wauters

    • References

    Heffen Wikipedia
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