Brecht, Belgium
Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Brecht (Template:IPA) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and Template:Ill. In 2021, Brecht had a total population of 29,809. The total area is 90.84 km2.<ref name="stat">Template:Cite web</ref>
Brecht is a fast-growing municipality in the north of the Antwerp province, near the Dutch border. Noorderkempen, a railway station on the HSL 4, opened on 15 June 2009.
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Sint-Michielskerk in Brecht
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Nature reserve Groot Schietveld
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Windmill in Brecht
Notable people
[edit]- Jan van der Noot (1539–1595), writer and poet, born in Brecht
- Leonard Lessius (1554–1623), moral theologian, born in Brecht
- Walter Van Beirendonck (1957–), fashion designer and one of the Antwerp Six
- Jean Kockerols (1958–), Roman Catholic bishop
Climate
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