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Revision as of 19:40, 3 January 2018
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Borgerhout | |
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 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 | |
| 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. The district houses 45,948 inhabitants (January 2013).
Geography
Borgerhout is divided in two parts by a highway and the historical walls. The part inside those walls is intra muros (within the walls). It's build arround 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", but is also home to a high amount of poor immigrants, who sometimes cause nuisances or riots. This mix has given Borgerhout the mocking name "borgerokko" (as in Morocco).
The other part is called extra muros (outside the walls). This is the more residential part of Borgerhout. In average, the inhabitants are richer, "whiter" (of ethnic European origin) and older.
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
- Paul Lebeau (1908-1982), academic
- 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
- Robert Van Straelen (born 1934), economist
- Thomas Vinçotte (1850-1925), sculptor
- Eddy Wauters (born 1933), soccer player
- Nadia Fadil (born 1978), socio-cultural anthropologist
(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" -
Town hall until 1890 -
Reuskens of Borgerhout
References
- ^ "Geschiedenis". www.gza.be. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
External links
51°12′N 04°26′E / 51.200°N 4.433°E
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