Rijkevorsel
Sign in to saveRijkevorsel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the town of Rijkevorsel, , and . In 2021, Rijkevorsel had a total population of 12,262. The total area is 46.79 km2.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Rijkevorsel
- Belgium municipality.picture
- Rijkevorsel (Belgium) - aerial view.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Rijkevorsel Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Rijkevorsel in the province of Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Rijkevorsel.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Flag of Rijkevorsel.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Turnhout
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 13037
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Dorien Cuylaerts (N-VA)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- N-VA, CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 2310
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 03, 014
- Belgium municipality.web
- www.rijkevorsel.be
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Belgium
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Turnhout
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 12560
- Area
- 46.79
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Hoogstraten
- Official website
- www.rijkevorsel.be
- Image
- Rijkevorsel (Belgium) - aerial view.jpg
- Dialing code
- 014
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- Commons category
- Rijkevorsel
- topic's main category
- Category:Rijkevorsel
- postal code
- 2310
- annual number of weddings
- 42
- phone number
- +32-3-340-00-00
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Notable inhabitants
- References
- External links
Rijkevorsel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the town of Rijkevorsel, , and . In 2021, Rijkevorsel had a total population of 12,262. The total area is 46.79 km2.
==History== Rijkevorsel, Vaishak, Voirssele, Forsela in 1194. Recent archaeological finds at the Willow Street attest to human presence in the late Stone Age, the bronze and Iron Age and the Roman times. A large cemetery with cremation (urnfield) on the Helhoekheide may point to a first settlement being present here already before the beginning of our era.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rijkevorsel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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