Puurs
Sign in to savePuurs () is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, , Ruisbroek (old spelling: Ruysbroeck) and Puurs proper. There is also the hamlet of Kalfort. In 2021, Puurs had a total population of 17,684. The total area is .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Puurs
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Station Puurs - Foto 1 (2010).png
- Settlement.image_caption
- Puurs train station
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Puurs.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Puurs wapen1.svg
- 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
- Arrondissement
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Flemish Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Antwerp
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mechelen
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality section
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Population
- 17452
- Area
- 33.41
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal
- Head of government
- Q2846392
- Capital of
- Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Shares border with
- Kapelle-op-den-Bos
- Official website
- www.puurs.be
- Image
- PUERS param 02.JPG
- Dialing code
- 052
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- Commons category
- Puurs
- twinned administrative body
- Dębica
- topic's main category
- Category:Puurs
- postal code
- 2870
- annual number of weddings
- 72
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2018-12-31
- replaced by
- Puurs-Sint-Amands
- inception
- 1292-11-01
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Points of interest
- Saint-Peter Church
- Asparagus
- Beer
- Nazi Prison Camp
- Heritage railway
- COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing
- International relations
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Puurs () is a former municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is located in the Flemish Region. The municipality comprised the towns of Breendonk, Liezele, , Ruisbroek (old spelling: Ruysbroeck) and Puurs proper. There is also the hamlet of Kalfort. In 2021, Puurs had a total population of 17,684. The total area is .
Puurs sits about 5 meters above mean sea level. Its geography shows only minor elevation differences. Puurs is mainly rural, with some low intensity industry development in the North alongside the N16 expressway. However, because of its proximity to the cities of Antwerp and Brussels (both within a radius) and its excellent accessibility, Puurs is developing increasingly into a residential town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puurs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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