Mortsel

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Mortsel is a Belgian city in the Flanders region with 25,143 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012), which is located in the Antwerp area.

Location and infrastructure

The center of Antwerp is located about six kilometers north-west and about 36 kilometers south of Brussels.

The next highway exits are located at Slijkhoek to the A1 / E 19, Wommelgem at the A13 / E 34 and on the south Antwerp ring road.

Mortsel has a regional railway station on the railway line Brussels - Mechelen- Antwerp - Mortsel. In Antwerp, keep on regional express trains.

Just a few kilometers away, Antwerp Airport is the nearest regional airport and the Brussels National Airport near the capital city is an international airport.

Economy

In Mortsel the company Agfa -Gevaert has its headquarters.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Henri Lemaître (1921-2003), Jesuit and Apostolic Nuncio
  • Ivo Michiels (1923-2012), writer
  • Linda Van Tulden ( born 1952 ), film producer
  • Gery Verlinden (born 1954 ), cyclist
  • Koen Lenaerts ( born 1957 ), jurist, Judge at the European Court of Justice
  • Luc Tuymans (born 1958 ), painter
  • Bart De Wever (born 1970 ), politician

Those who worked on site

  • Peter Cabus (1923-2000) was a teacher at the Music Academy Mortsel.
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