Hoboken (Antwerp)
Hoboken is a district on the Scheldt in the south of Antwerp . It was an independent parish until 1983 and in the 16th century it was named after a settlement on the Hudson River by the Dutch opposite today's New York .
Data
Hoboken is 1067 hectares and has 39,493 inhabitants (as of 2019).
Population development
year | 1806 | 1816 | 1830 | 1846 | 1856 | 1866 | 1876 | 1880 | 1890 |
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Residents | 1550 | 2065 | 2298 | 2633 | 2631 | 2680 | 3410 | 4147 | 6987 |
year | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1947 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1982 |
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Residents | 10,202 | 16,882 | 21.006 | 32,700 | 31,725 | 30,557 | 33,693 | 34,640 | 34,562 |
year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Residents | 34,542 | 34,862 | 35,170 | 35,550 | 36,244 | 37.283 | 37,464 | 37,945 | 37,805 | 38,157 | 38,595 | 39,493 |
Personalities
- Alice Toen (* 1924), actress and children's book author
- Louis De Vos (1929–1964), Belgian-Canadian cyclist