Brecht, Belgium

Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Brecht ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and Template:Ill. In 2021, Brecht had a total population of 29,809. The total area is 90.84 km².<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Brecht is a fast-growing municipality in the north of the Antwerp province, near the Dutch border. Noorderkempen, a railway station on the HSL 4, opened on 15 June 2009.

Images

• Sint-Michielskerk in Brecht
  Sint-Michielskerk in Brecht
• Nature reserve Groot Schietveld
  Nature reserve Groot Schietveld
• Windmill in Brecht
  Windmill in Brecht

Notable people

• Jan van der Noot (1539–1595), writer and poet, born in Brecht
• Leonard Lessius (1554–1623), moral theologian, born in Brecht
• Walter Van Beirendonck (1957–), fashion designer and one of the Antwerp Six
• Jean Kockerols (1958–), Roman Catholic bishop

See also

• Brecht Abbey
• Noorderkempen railway station

External links

• Template:In lang Official website
• Template:In lang Tourism in Brecht

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