Berlaar

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Belgium municipality Berlaar ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Berlaar proper and Template:Ill. In 2021, Berlaar had a total population of 11,710. The total area is 24.57 km².<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

The current municipality of Berlaar was founded on 1 January 1965. Berlaar is actually a fusion of the former municipality Gestel and the Core of Berlaar itself. Berlaar is a part of the Belgische Kempen.

According to legend, the citizens of the early Middle Ages couldn't agree on where the church had to be built. They let fate decide and let two bears fight over it. Where the one bear killed the other, that would be the location the church should be built. Hence the exceptional position of the church at the end of the village square and not in the centre as usual.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gallery

• Berlaar, kerk foto8 2009-08-30 15.11.JPG

  Berlaar church

• Gemeentehuis Berlaar.jpg

  Town hall

• Berlaar café De Kroon.jpg

  Pub in Berlaar

• Berlaar Burgerhuis Markt 86.jpg

  House on the market

External links

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• Official website (Dutch only)

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