Beveren
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Beveren is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders with 46 752 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). The municipality consists of the villages of Beveren, Melsele, Haasdonk, Vrasene, Kieldrecht, Verrebroek, Kallo and Doel.
History
Today's church was built after the reorganization in 1977, when the remaining districts were incorporated. Since then, she belongs to surface the most extensive communities of Belgium.
Beveren is the oldest political center in Waasland, a region in the northeast of the province of East Flanders. Get the little lock Cortewalle from the 15th century, the Hof ter Saksen from the 18th century.
In 2000, it has been found and excavated a cog excellently preserved in the district of Doel. The 20 meters long and seven meters wide ship dates from the first half of the 14th century and has become known for his locality, as Doeler cog.
Community structure
The municipality of Beveren is adjacent to the following ( sub-) communities and districts:
- A Berendrecht Zandvliet - Lillo (Antwerp )
- B. district Antwerp
- C. Zwijndrecht
- D Burcht ( Zwijndrecht )
- E Kruibeke
- F Bazel ( België ) ( Kruibeke )
- G Temse
- H Sint -Niklaas
- I Nieuwkerken -Waas (Sint -Niklaas )
- J. Sint- Gillis- Waas
- K Meerdonk (Sint -Gillis -Waas )
- L Nieuw- name ( Hulst the Netherlands)
Economy
In the north of the parish, on the left bank of the Scheldt, a large part of the port of Antwerp, including the Deurganckhafen, Antwerp's largest container terminal, such as the Hamburg Container Terminal Werder is comparable.
In the district of Doel is a nuclear power plant with four reactors, built from 1969 to 1985. Doel itself is to be demolished for an expansion of the port of Antwerp, at this point, a new dock to be built. Be a real battle is therefore flared up among the last inhabitants Doels and the government.
Parish council
Distribution of seats
- CD & V / N -VA: 18 seats
- VLD: 3 seats
- Vlaams Belang: 4 seats
- Kartelpro: 5 seats
- Onafhankelijken: 5 seats (= out Vlaams Belang leaked MPs)
Results of the local elections in 2006
Results of the local elections 2000
Traffic
Both by rail and by road Beveren is easy to reach. Two stations, Beveren and Melsele along the railway line 59 Ghent -Antwerp Beveren connect with the big cities. There used to be with the station Haasdonk also a third, which has now closed, however. From Antwerp, the Antwerp tram line 3 goes in Melsele to Krijgsbaan.
Sports
- The football club KSK Beveren plays in the second Belgian League.
- Dance club Step by Step
- Dance club Eclips
- Dance group Levensvreugd
- Dance group De Zonnebloem
- Football club F. C. Bosdam Beveren
- Althetikverein Volharding
- Volleyball club Beveren KVB
Famous people
- Maarten Bosmans, actor
- Gerard Buyl, racing cyclist
- Soetkin Collier, singer ( among others Laïs and Urban Trad )
- Dominique Cornu, racing cyclist and world time trial champion bij de Beloften
- Danzel, singer ( his real name is Johan Waem )
- Eline De Munck, actor and singer
- Gérard De Paep, physician and Senator
- Kamiel D' Hooghe, organist
- Danni Heylen, actor
- Jonas Ivens, Footballer
- Jean Janssens, Footballer
- Leo Mets, author
- January Miel, painter (1599-1663)
- Jean -Marie Pfaff, footballer ( goalkeeper)
- Simon Schoon Vliet, writer and painter
- Kathleen Smet, Triathlete
- Pascal Smet, Minister for Youth, Education, Equality and Brussels in the Flemish government - Peeters II
- Piet Impounds, artists
- Bruno Steve Heyden, MP
- Edward Van Goethem, Vicar
- Julien Van Remoortere, author
- Wilfried Van Moer, Footballer
- Hilaire Marie Vermeiren, Archbishop