Deurne (Antwerp)

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Location of the Deurne district within Antwerp

Deurne is a district in the east of Antwerp .

Data

Deurne is 1,306 ha in size and had 69,408 inhabitants (as of May 31, 2006). The place is divided into the districts Deurne-Ost, -Nord, -Süd, -West and -Zentrum. Each of the quarters has between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants.

Sterckshof Castle (16th - 18th centuries)

Attractions

  • Antwerp International Airport
  • Aviation Museum
  • Sterckshof , museum for silversmiths in the castle of the same name
  • Renaat Bream House
  • St. Fredegandus cemetery
  • Sports Palace

Deurne is connected to the center by tram line 10.

history

Deurne was a parish in the Middle Ages that was partly subordinate to the Bishop of Liège and partly to the Lord of Rijen (see: Gilze-Rijen ). After about 1880 the place began to develop into a suburb of Antwerp. In 1983 it became a district of Antwerp.

The stadium "De Bosuil" (German: Waldkauz, -eule) was between 1905 and 1970 the traditional setting of the annual football friendly matches between the national teams of Belgium and the Netherlands . Because the club Royal Antwerp , which currently (2006/07 season) plays in the second Belgian division, ran into financial problems in 2005, it is now threatened with sale and demolition for the purpose of housing construction.

Population development

year Population numbers
14th Century about 850
1836 2,089
1920 15,432
1935 52,303
1940 56,809
1945 55,124
1950 58,272
1955 61,715
1960 66,482
1965 74.119
1970 80,766
year Population numbers
1971 81.507
1972 81,257
1975 80,580
1980 78.141
1983 76.286
1995 69,382
1996 68,773
1997 68.123
1998 67,818
1999 67,924
2001 67,773

Sons and daughters

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Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '  N , 4 ° 28'  E