Boechout
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Boechout ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a municipality of Belgium located in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
The municipality comprises the towns of Boechout proper and Template:Ill. In 2021, Boechout had a total population of 13,526. The total area is 20.66 km2.<ref name="stat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Boechout also hosts the Sfinks Festival.
HistoryEdit
Boechout is first mentioned in 974 as Villa Buocholt and a possession of the Saint Bavo's Abbey in Ghent. It used to be part of the Duchy of Brabant. In 1357, Antwerp, Boechout, Hove and several other villages were acquired by the Count of Flanders, but was returned to Brabant in 1406. The village was severely damaged by war several times in the 16th century and again during World War I.<ref name="invent">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1977, the municipality Template:Ill was merged into Boechout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LandmarksEdit
ClimateEdit
Notable peopleEdit
- Jan Cockx (1891–1976), painter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jimmy De Jonghe (born 1992), footballer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Roger Rosiers (born 1946), former professional road racing cyclist<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Jan Frans Willems (1793–1846), writer and father of the Flemish movement<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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GalleryEdit
- Boechout, Heuvelstraat 25.jpg
Villa in Boechout
- Vremde, Kerk St Jan in de Olie.jpg
- Dubbelwoning Jacobs van Arch. Huib Hoste 1952 - 371407 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg
House in Boechout
- Villa "La Châtaigneraie", cottage (1899) exterieur, voorgevel - frontaal - alg.zicht - 356892 - onroerenderfgoed.jpg
Villa "La Châtaigneraie" in Boechout
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