Beveren

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Beveren
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Beveren (East Flanders Province)
Beveren
Beveren
State : BelgiumBelgium Belgium
Region : Flanders
Province : East Flanders
District : Sint-Niklaas
Coordinates : 51 ° 13 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′  N , 4 ° 15 ′  E
Area : 150.18 km²
Residents: 48,668 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density: 324 inhabitants per km²
Post Code: 9120, 9130
Prefix: 03
Mayor: Marc Van de Vijver ( CD&V )

Local government address : 		Gemeente Beveren
Stationsstraat 2
9120 Beveren
Website: www.beveren.be
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Beveren is a Belgian municipality in the province of East Flanders with 48,668 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019). The districts Beveren, Melsele, Haasdonk, Vrasene, Kieldrecht, Verrebroek, Kallo and Doel belong to the municipality.

history

Today's community was created after the reorganization in 1977, when the remaining districts were incorporated. Since then it has been one of the largest municipalities in Belgium in terms of area.

Beveren is the oldest political center in Waasland , a region in the northeast of the province of East Flanders. The small Cortewalle Castle from the 15th century and the Hof ter Saksen from the 18th century have been preserved.

In the year 2000 an excellently preserved cog was found and excavated in the district of Doel . The 20 meter long and seven meter wide ship dates from the first half of the 14th century and is known as the Doeler Kogge after its location .

Community structure

Beveren
# Surname Surface
(km²) 		Inhabitants
(31/12/2007)
I. Beveren 19.03 19,803
II Melsele 18.54 10,240
III Haasdonk 10.25 4.131
IV Vase 13.77 3,852
V Verrebroek 15.82 1.913
VI Kallo 27.64 1,830
VII Kieldrecht 19.50 3,790
VIII Doel 25.61 359

Source: Municipality of Beveren

The municipality of Beveren borders on the following (sub) municipalities and districts:

economy

17th century mill and nuclear power station

In the north of the municipality, on the left bank of the Scheldt, there is a large part of the Antwerp port , including Deurganckhaven , Antwerp's largest container terminal, roughly comparable to the Hamburg-Altenwerder container terminal .

In the Doel district there is a nuclear power plant with four reactors, which was built from 1969 to 1985. Doel itself is to be completely demolished for an extension of the Antwerp port, at this point a new dock is to be built. A tough argument has broken out between the last inhabitants of Doel and the government.

Municipal council

Distribution of seats

Results of the 2006 municipal council elections

  1. CD & V / N-VA: 44.38% (+ 5.1)
  2. Vlaams Belang: 27.1% (+ 7.1)
  3. Kartel.pro (sp.a-Spirit-Groen): 18.41% (+ 18.4)
  4. VLD: 10.11% (- 18.6)

Results of the municipal council elections in 2000

  1. CVP tegenwoordig CD&V : 39.2% ( ex-burgemeester François Smet en burgemeester Marc van de Vijver )
  2. VLD.VU.A single-sided VLD : 29.62%
  3. Vlaams Blok tegenwoordig Vlaams Belang : 19.96%
  4. SP tegenwoordig sp.a : 9.51%
  5. Vivant: 1.64%

traffic

Beveren is easy to reach both by train and by road. Two train stations, Beveren and Melsele along the railway line 59 Gent – ​​Antwerp, connect Beveren with the major cities. There used to be a third with the Haasdonk station, which has now been closed.

From Antwerp the Antwerp tram line 3 leads to the Krijgsbaan in Melsele.

Sports

Personalities

literature

  • Dirk VERELST, Politieke en institutionele geschiedenis (1984)
  • Frieda MEIRE, Sociaal-economische geschiedenis van de 19e eeuw (1985)
  • Jef SMESSAERT, Population volutie en bevolkingsstructuren (1986)
  • Daniel DEBAECKE en Marc GOVAERTS, Het onderwijs in Beveren tijdens de 19e eeuw (1794–1884)
  • Daniel Debaecke, Aspecten van het religieuze leven in Beveren in de 19e eeuw Frieda MEIRE, Schets van de politieke geschiedenis van de 19e eeuw (1988)
  • Beatrijs AUGUSTYN, De veenontginning in de 12e – 16e eeuw (1999)
  • Dirk VAN DUYSE, chapels in Beveren: inventarisatie en situering (1995)
  • Wilfried ANDRIES en Roger PUYNEN, Beverenaars van de twintigste eeuw (2001)
  • Herman COOLS, Het dialect van Beveren en zijn deelgemeenten (2000)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historically Overzicht Bevolkingscijfers . Beveren municipality.
  2. ^ ZDF: Auslandsjournal, September 23, 2009
  3. ↑ Tobias Müller: The ghost town on the Scheldt - Jungle World No. 31, August 5, 2010.
  4. ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Organ gives way to new terminals · Antwerp pushes expansion on the Left Bank of the Scheldt · A church is also being demolished . In: Daily port report of April 27, 2016, p. 16
  5. ↑ Tobias Müller: The Fata Morgana in the polder in the online offer of the taz , accessed on July 16, 2013

Web links

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