Antwerp

Antwerp (; , ; , ) is a city an municipality in Belgium an the caipital o the Antwerp province in Flanders. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 (1 Januar 2008) makin it the mucklemaist municipality in Belgium an Flanders in terms o its population. Its total area is 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi), giein a population density o 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan area, includin the ooter commuter zone, covers an area o 1,449 km2 (559 sq mi) with a tot of 1,190,769 inhabitants as o 1 January 2008.Statistics Belgium; De Belgische Stadsgewesten 2001 (pdf-file) Definitions of metropolitan areas in Belgium. The metropolitan area of Antwerp is divided into three levels. First, the central agglomeration (agglomeratie) with 715,301 inhabitants (2008-01-01). Adding the closest surroundings (banlieue) gives a total of 955,338. And, including the outer commuter zone (forensenwoonzone) the population is 1,190,769. Retrieved on 2008-10-19. The nickname o inhabitants o Antwerp is Sinjoren, efter the Spainyie wird señor, which means 'mister' or 'gent'. It refers tae the leadin Spaingie noble-men that ruled the city durin the 17t century.Geert Cole; Leanne Logan, Belgium & Luxembourg p.218 Lonely Planet Publishing (2007) ISBN 1-74104-237-2

Antwerp haes lang been an important city in the naitions o the Benelux baith economically an culturally, especially afore the Spanish Fury o the Dutch Revolt. It is locatit on the richt (eastren) bank o the river Scheldt, that is linked tae the North Sea bi the estuary Westerschelde. The city haes ane o the mucklemaist seaports in Europe.

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns — sister ceeties 

The follaein places are twin touns an sister ceeties tae Antwerp:
  Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1940
  Mulhouse, Fraunce, 1954
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushiea, 1958
  Rostock, Germany,1963
  Shanghai, Cheenae, 1984  Akhisar, Turkey, 1988
  Haifa, Israel, 1995
  Cape Toun, Sooth Africae, 1996
  Barcelona, Spain, 1997
  Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1998

 Pairtnerships 
Athin the context o development cooperation, Antwerp is an aa linked tae:
  Paramaribo, Suriname
  Durban, South Africa

 References 

Category:1920 Simmer Oleempic venues
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Category:European Caipitals o Cultur
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