Editing Ranst

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{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name            = Ranst
|picture         = Vlandern Antwerpen Ranst-Broechem E34 E313 Albertkanaal from southwest IMG 4056.JPG
|picture-legend  = 
|map             = Ranst Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend      = Location of Ranst in the province of Antwerp
|arms            = Ranst wapen1.svg
|flag            = Flag of Ranst.svg
|region          = {{BE-REG-FLE}}
|community       = {{BE-NL}}
|province        = {{BE-PROV-AN}}
|arrondissement  = [[Arrondissement of Antwerp|Antwerp]]
|nis             = 11035
|pyramid-date=
|0-19= 
|18-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor           = Bart Goris PIT
|majority        = PIT, Vlaams belang
|postal-codes    = 2520
|telephone-area  = 03
|web             = [http://www.ranst.be/ www.ranst.be]
|coordinates     = {{coord|51|12|N|04|33|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
|}}
'''Ranst''' ({{IPA|nl|rɑnst|-|Nl-ranst.ogg}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]]. The municipality comprises the towns of [[Broechem]] (townhall), {{Ill|Emblem, Belgium|nl|Emblem (plaats)|lt=Emblem}}, [[Oelegem]], and Ranst (postoffice) proper. In 2021, Ranst had a total population of 19,249. The total area is {{convert|43.58|sqkm|abbr=on}}.<ref name="stat">{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/opendata/bevolking/sectoren/OPENDATA_SECTOREN_2021.xlsx |title=Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 11035 |website=Statistics Belgium |access-date=10 May 2022 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Wouter Berthout van Ranst]]
* [[Jozef Simons]], (1888-1948), writer and poet, born in Oelegem.

==Partnership==
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Herbstein]], since 1968.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.ranst.be Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Ranst
|North     = [[Schilde]]
|Northeast = [[Zoersel]]
|East      = [[Zandhoven]]
|Southeast = [[Nijlen]]
|South     = [[Lier, Belgium|Lier]]
|West      = [[Wommelgem]]<br>[[Boechout]]
}}
{{Municipalities in Antwerp}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Antwerp Province]]
[[Category:Populated places in Antwerp Province]]
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