Breendonk
Sign in to saveBreendonk is a village in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, with a population of 3,000, halfway between Brussels and Antwerp.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Breendonk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Image:Breendonk003.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Fort Breendonk
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Belgium
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Belgium
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Flemish Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Antwerp
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.43
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,052
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Image
- Breendonk003.jpg
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- Commons category
- Breendonk
- postal code
- 2870
- P13200
- antimony
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Breendonk is a village in the municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, with a population of 3,000, halfway between Brussels and Antwerp.
==History== Its name stems from the medieval Bredene Dunc, which translates as "wide mound" or "a dry spot in the marshes."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breendonk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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