Borgerhout

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Borgerhout
District of Antwerp
Flag Coat of arms
District of Borgerhout within the city of Antwerp
Coordinates: 51°12′48″N 4°25′59″W / 51.21333°N 4.43306°W / 51.21333; -4.43306
Country	Belgium
Region	Flanders
Province	Antwerp
Municipality	Antwerp
Area
• Total	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	45,948
	Source: NIS
Postal code	2140
Area code	03

Borgerhout is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium. As of January 2013, the district houses 45,948 inhabitants.

Geography[]

Borgerhout is divided into two parts by a highway and the historical walls. The part inside those walls is intra muros (within the walls). It is built around a big boulevard, the Turnhoutsebaan. The Turnhoutsebaan is the biggest shopping street, offering both food and clothing, in both Belgian as foreigner's stores. Intra muros is the young and trendy part of Borgerhout, with a lot of so-called "hipster bars".

People from Borgerhout[]

Born in Borgerhout[]

• Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), known by his pseudonym Athene, gaming social activist and internet personality
• Guillaume Geefs (1805–1883), sculptor
• Floris Jespers (1889–1965), painter
• Nahima Lanjri (born 1968), politician
• Sister Leontine (1923–2012), pioneer of palliative care^[1]
• Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck) (born 1981), singer-songwriter
• André Nelis (1935–2012), sailor
• Joris Note (born 1949), writer
• Stan Ockers (1920–1956), cyclist
• Hugues C. Pernath (1931–1975), poet
• Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), journalist and actor
• Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), artist
• Paul van Morckhoven (1910–1990), dramatist and theatre critic
• Robert Van Straelen (born 1934), economist
• Thomas Vinçotte (1850–1925), sculptor
• Eddy Wauters (born 1933), soccer player
• (born 1978), socio-cultural anthropologist
• (born 1922), artist

(Former) inhabitants of Borgerhout[]

• Tom De Cock (born 1983), writer and radio–DJ
• Saskia De Coster (born 1976), writer
• Bart Martens (born 1969), politician and a member of the SP.A
• Alfred Ost, (1884–1945), artist
• Anne Provoost (born 1964), writer
• Wouter Van Besien (born 1972), politician, chairman of the ecologist party Groen!
• Tom Van Laere (born 1974), musician
• Erik Van Looy (born 1962), film director
• Rik Van Steenbergen (1924–2003), racing cyclist
• Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers

Gallery[]

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  Borgerhout: "districtshuis"

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  Town hall until 1890

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  Reuskens of Borgerhout

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borgerhout.

• Official website

Coordinates: 51°12′N 04°26′E / 51.200°N 4.433°E / 51.200; 4.433

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