Borgerhout

Borgerhout
Borgerhout
	District of Antwerp
	Flag Coat of arms
	District of Borgerhout within the city of Antwerp
	Coordinates: 51°12′48″N 4°25′59″W
Country	Belgium
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Antwerp
Municipality	Antwerp
Area
• Total	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	45,948
	Source: NIS
Postal code	2140
Area code	03

Borgerhout is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium. As of January 2013, the district houses 45,948 inhabitants.

Geography

Borgerhout is divided into two parts by a highway and the historical walls. The part inside those walls is intra muros (within the walls). It is built around a big boulevard, the Turnhoutsebaan. The Turnhoutsebaan is the biggest shopping street, offering both food and clothing, in both Belgian as foreigner's stores. Intra muros is the young and trendy part of Borgerhout, with a lot of so-called "hipster bars".

People from Borgerhout

Born in Borgerhout

Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), known by his pseudonym Athene, gaming social activist and internet personality
Guillaume Geefs (1805–1883), sculptor
Floris Jespers (1889–1965), painter
Nahima Lanjri (born 1968), politician
Sister Leontine (1923–2012), pioneer of palliative care[1]
Milow (Jonathan Vandenbroeck) (born 1981), singer-songwriter
André Nelis (1935–2012), sailor
Joris Note (born 1949), writer
Stan Ockers (1920–1956), cyclist
Hugues C. Pernath (1931–1975), poet
Maria Rosseels (1916–2005), journalist and actor
Michel Seuphor (1901–1999), artist
Paul van Morckhoven (1910–1990), dramatist and theatre critic
Robert Van Straelen (born 1934), economist
Thomas Vinçotte (1850–1925), sculptor
Eddy Wauters (born 1933), soccer player
Nadia Fadil (born 1978), socio-cultural anthropologist
Jeanne Cools (born 1922), artist

(Former) inhabitants of Borgerhout

Tom De Cock (born 1983), writer and radio–DJ
Saskia De Coster (born 1976), writer
Bart Martens (born 1969), politician and a member of the SP.A
Alfred Ost, (1884–1945), artist
Anne Provoost (born 1964), writer
Wouter Van Besien (born 1972), politician, chairman of the ecologist party Groen!
Tom Van Laere (born 1974), musician
Erik Van Looy (born 1962), film director
Rik Van Steenbergen (1924–2003), racing cyclist
Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers

Gallery

Borgerhout: "districtshuis"
Town hall until 1890
Reuskens of Borgerhout

References

"Geschiedenis". www.gza.be. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Geschiedenis". www.gza.be. Retrieved 28 August 2016.