Aartselaar
Sign in to saveAartselaar (, old spelling: Aertselaer) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Aartselaar proper. In 2021, Aartselaar had a total population of 14,455 people. The total area is 10.93 km2. The municipality of Aartselaar is located in the southern outskirts of Antwerp. It is known for its 1801 windmill (Heimolen) as well as the cycling race called Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen and Aartselaar BBC, the official basketball club of the town.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Aartselaar
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Aartselaarfoto.jpg
- Belgium municipality.picture legend
- Aartselaar town hall
- Belgium municipality.map
- Aartselaar Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Aartselaar in the province of Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason Aartselaar.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Aartselaar.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 11001
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Sophie De Wit (N-VA)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- N-VA, Groen
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 2630
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 03
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.aartselaar.be
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Official name
- Aartselaar
- Demonym
- Aartselarenaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Antwerp
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 14610
- Area
- 11.02
- Elevation
- 12
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Hemiksem
- Official website
- www.aartselaar.be
- Image
- Gemeentehuis Aartselaar voorgevel.jpg
- Dialing code
- 03
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- postal code
- 2630
- topic's main category
- Category:Aartselaar
- Commons category
- Aartselaar
- twinned administrative body
- Tangier
- Commons gallery
- Aartselaar
- annual number of weddings
- 55
- native label
- Aartselaar
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32-3-870-16-11
- P13200
- Wednesday
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Education
- Famous residents
- Climate
- References
- External links
Aartselaar (, old spelling: Aertselaer) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Aartselaar proper. In 2021, Aartselaar had a total population of 14,455 people. The total area is 10.93 km2. The municipality of Aartselaar is located in the southern outskirts of Antwerp. It is known for its 1801 windmill (Heimolen) as well as the cycling race called Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen and Aartselaar BBC, the official basketball club of the town.
== Etymology == The origin of the name of the town is obscure; probably etymology refers to "Arcelar", a clearing in the woods (') located near a border or "Aertselaer", a clearing in woods, or village of doctors ("aerts") (').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aartselaar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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