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Encyclopedia > Mortsel
Municipal flag Mortsel
Coat of arms Location of Mortsel in the province of Antwerp
Geography
Country Belgium
Community Flemish Community of Belgium flag Flemish Community
Region Flemish Region flag Flemish Region
Province Antwerp
Arrondissement Antwerp
Coordinates 51°10′N 04°28′E / 51.167, 4.467Coordinates: 51°10′N 04°28′E / 51.167, 4.467
Area 7.78 km²
Population (Source: NIS)
Population
– Males
– Females
- Density		 24,427 (01/01/2006)
48.27%
51.73%
3138 inhab./km²
Economy
Unemployment rate 7.32% (01/01/2006)
Mean annual income 15,300 €/pers. (2003)
Government
Mayor Ingrid Pira (Groen!)
Governing parties Groen!, CD&V, VLAM, VLD
Other information
Postal codes 2640
Area codes 03
Web address www.mortsel.be

Mortsel is a municipality close to the city of Antwerp located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the city of Mortsel proper. On January 1, 2006 Mortsel had a total population of 24,427 people. The total area is 7.78 km² which gives a population density of 3,138 inhabitants per km². Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links RedDot. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links MortselLocatie. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Belgium is a federal state and is composed of three communities, three regions, and four linguistic regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Flanders. ... the Flemish community has jurisdiction over Flanders and over the Dutch language institutions in Brussels. ... Belgium is a federal state and is composed of three communities, three regions, and four linguistic regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Flanders. ... The Flemish region is one of the three official regions of the Kingdom of Belgium (alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region). ... Belgium is a federal state and is composed of three communities, three regions, and four linguistic regions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Antwerp. ... Antwerp is the northernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... This is a list of Belgian administrative arrondissements or districts. ... The Arrondissement of Antwerp (Dutch: ; French: ) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Statistics Belgium is the main official statistical institution in Belgian offering a large choice of figures. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... Green! (Groen!) is the Flemish green party in Belgium. ... Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (CD&V) (Christian Democratic and Flemish) is a political party in Belgium, formerly called Christelijke Volkspartij (CVP) (Christian Peoples Party). ... VLD may refer to: Ventilated Linear Dynamic Flemish Liberals and Democrats Category: ... This is a list of postal codes for Belgium. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Antwerp is the northernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ...


Mortsel is bordered by Antwerp (districts Wilrijk, Berchem and Deurne), Borsbeek, Boechout, Hove, and Edegem. For other uses, see Antwerp (disambiguation). ... Wilrijk is a suburb of the city Antwerp, in Belgium. ... Antwerp in Belgium Berchem in Greater Antwerp Berchem is the southern part of the city of Antwerp in the Flemish region of Belgium. ... Deurne is the second largest district of the municipality of Antwerp, Belgium, (right after the Antwerp town district) and has 69. ... Borsbeek is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of population density of 2,629. ... Boechout is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. ... Floral Clock, Palmeira Square Hove promenade facing towards Brighton Hove is a town on the south coast of England immediately to the west of its larger neighbour, Brighton. ... Edegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. ...


The headquarters of Agfa-Gevaert are situated in Mortsel. Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Agfa) (Euronext: AGFB, FWB: AGE) is a European multinational corporation which develops, manufactures and distributes analogue and digital products and systems for the making, processing, and reproduction of images. ...


Mortsel was the victim of one of the major tragedies and errors of World War II. On April 5, 1943, the bombing of the Minerva car factory, then used to repair Luftwaffe planes, was the target of a big bombing raid by the Allies, but the target was missed and a residential area hit instead, resulting in the death of 936 civilians, including 209 children. The last V2 launched against Antwerp also fell in Mortsel, killing 27 people, on March 27th, 1945. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... 1928 Minerva that was owned by Gen. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, literally Air Weapon IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... The Vergeltungswaffe 2 (V-2) (Reprisal weapon 2 Propaganda name given by Joseph Goebbels) , also known, in the Development Process as the A4 (Aggregat 1-4), was the first and till date has the most lethal combat record of any ballistic missile. ...


Famous people

Bart Peeters (Mortsel, 30 November 1959) is a Flemish singer, drummer, television presenter and actor. ... Luc Tuymans (born 1958) is a Belgian contemporary artist, considered one of todays most influential painters. ... Jos Vandeloo (Zonhoven, 5 September 1925) is a Belgian writer and poet. ...

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Municipalities in the Province of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
Antwerp: Aartselaar | Antwerp | Boechout | Boom | Borsbeek | Brasschaat | Brecht | Edegem | Essen | Hemiksem | Hove | Kalmthout | Kapellen | Kontich | Lint | Malle | Mortsel | Niel | Ranst | Rumst | Schelle | Schilde | Schoten | Stabroek | Wijnegem | Wommelgem | Wuustwezel | Zandhoven | Zoersel | Zwijndrecht |
Mechelen: Berlaar | Bonheiden | Bornem | Duffel | Heist-op-den-Berg | Lier | Mechelen | Nijlen | Putte | Puurs | Sint-Amands | Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Willebroek
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