Boom (Belgium)

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State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Antwerp
District :	Antwerp
Coordinates :	51 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '  N , 4 ° 22'  E
Area :	7.37 km²
Residents:	18,244 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	2,475 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	2850
Prefix:	03, 015
Mayor:	Jeroen Baert ( NV-A )
Local government address :	Gemeentebestuur Boom Antwerpsestraat 44 2850 Boom
Website:	www.boom.be

Boom is a Belgian municipality in the Flanders region with 18,244 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

location

Mechelen is 10 kilometers southeast, the city center of Antwerp 14 kilometers north and Brussels about 28 kilometers south.

The next car interchanges are at Kontich and Rumst on the A1 / E 19 . In Duffel , Kontich and Willebroek are the next regional stations . The Antwerp International Airport is the nearest regional airport .

Personalities

• Charles Augustin Wauters (1808–1869), genre and history painter and etcher
• Egide Aerts (1822–1853), flautist, composer and music teacher
• Bobbejaan (1925-2010), singer and entertainer
• Roland Van Campenhout (* 1945), blues musician
• Björn Vleminckx (* 1985), football player

Regular events

Since August 14, 2005 will take place annually in the town center adjacent to De Schorre- -Park Tomorrowland , one of the largest music festivals in the field of EDM instead.

Web links

Commons : Boom  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the municipality