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Brecht

Brecht is a municipality located in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, and Sint-Lenaarts.
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  • Type: Town with 27,200 residents
  • Description: municipality in Antwerp, Belgium
  • Also known as: “11009” and “Brecht, Belgium”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Noorderkempen railway station and Sint-Michielskerk.

Railway station
Noorderkempen is a railway station near the town of Brecht, Antwerp province, . The station opened on 15 June 2009 on the HSL 4 high speed line between the and Belgium.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wuustwezel and Loenhout.

Town
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is a municipality located in the north of the province of Antwerp. The municipality as it is now originated in 1977, when merged with the municipality of . is situated 6 km northwest of Brecht.

Village
is a village and deelgemeente of the municipality of in the province of , . The village is located near the Dutch border, and about 26 kilometres north-east of the city of . is situated 6 km north of Brecht.

Village
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is a village in the province of Antwerp which is part of the municipality of . is situated 7 km southeast of Brecht.

Brecht

Latitude
51.3485° or 51° 20′ 55″ north
Longitude
4.6399° or 4° 38′ 24″ east
Population
27,200
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
9F368JXQ+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249262676
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2801107
Wiki­data ID
Q724131
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Brecht” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Brecht”
  • Breton: “Brecht”
  • Bulgarian: “Брехт”
  • Catalan: “Brecht”
  • Cebuano: “Brecht”
  • Chinese: “布雷赫特”
  • Dutch: “Brecht (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Brecht”
  • Esperanto: “Brecht”
  • French: “Brecht”
  • German: “Brecht”
  • Hungarian: “Brecht”
  • Irish: “Brecht”
  • Italian: “Brecht”
  • Japanese: “ブレヒト (ベルギー)”
  • Japanese: “ブレヒト”
  • Lithuanian: “Brechtas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brecht”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brecht (Belgien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brecht”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brecht”
  • Norwegian: “Brecht”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brecht”
  • Persian: “برشت”
  • Persian: “برکت”
  • Polish: “Brecht (Belgia)”
  • Polish: “Brecht”
  • Portuguese: “Brecht”
  • Romanian: “Brecht”
  • Russian: “Брехт”
  • Slovak: “Brecht”
  • Spanish: “Brecht”
  • Swedish: “Brecht, Belgien”
  • Swedish: “Brecht”
  • Turkish: “Brecht, Belçika”
  • Turkish: “Brecht”
  • Ukrainian: “Брехт”
  • Vietnamese: “Brecht, Antwerp”
  • Vietnamese: “Brecht”
  • Volapük: “Brecht”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brecht, Belhika”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brecht”
  • Zeeuws: “Brecht”

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