Brasschaat

Brasschaat
	Brasschaat
	Brasschaat
State :	Belgium
Region :	Flanders
Province :	Antwerp
District :	Antwerp
Coordinates :	51 ° 17 ′ N , 4 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ N , 4 ° 29 ′ E
Area :	38.49 km²
Residents:	37,946 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density:	986 inhabitants per km²
Post Code:	2930
Prefix:	03
Mayor:	Jan Jambon ( NV-A ) ; Koen Verberck (N-VA) (deputy)
; Local government address :	Gemeente Brasschaat ; Bredabaan 182 ; 2930 Brasschaat
Website:	www.brasschaat.be

Brasschaat is a Belgian municipality in the Antwerp area in the Flanders region with 37,946 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

The city center of Antwerp is about ten kilometers southwest and Brussels 50 kilometers south.

The next motorway junctions are at Merksem and Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor on the A1 / E 19 . The nearest regional train station is in Kapellen , and national express trains stop in Antwerp. The Antwerp International Airport is about twelve kilometers south of the community of the next regional airport and the Brussels Airport near the capital Brussels is an airport of international importance.

history

Due to its strategic location in the defense of the Antwerp port, Brasschaat was an important military outpost during the First World War . Between 1937 and 1939 the facility was reinforced and expanded with bunkers and anti-tank traps. Fort Brasschaat , built in 1912, can be visited today. Many of the structures still in existence today serve as homes for bat colonies .

Brasschaat is known as the venue for international triathlon competitions, on June 27, 2010, for example, a Premium European Cup took place.

Community partnerships

Brasschaat maintains partnerships with the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and the Bolivian city of Tarija .

Sons and daughters of the church

Charles Myr Lesaar (1884–1941), artist
Jean-Marie Pfaff (* 1953), football player
Koen Geens (* 1958), legal scholar and professor of corporate law
Marie-Claire Foblets (* 1959), lawyer and social anthropologist
Admiral Freebee (actually Tom Van Laere ) (* 1974), singer-songwriter
Teun Verbruggen (* 1975), jazz musician
Veerle Baetens (* 1978), actress, author and singer
Gill Swerts (* 1982), soccer player
Pieter Jacobs (* 1986), racing cyclist
Janice Cayman (* 1988), soccer player
Tom Meeusen (* 1988), mountain bike and cyclocross rider
Stef Boden (* 1990), cyclocross rider
Wietse Bosmans (* 1991), cyclocross rider
Renée Eykens (* 1996), track and field athlete

Web links

Commons : Brasschaat - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Municipality of Brasschaat

The winners of the Premium European Cup Triathlon in Brasschaat 2010: Morel, Densham, Stanford

Brasschaat, church
The castle in the municipal park (Kasteel van Brasschaat),
19th century
The castle from the park to the west
Bunker system and anti-tank barrier