Beerse
Beerse (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbeːrsə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Beerse proper and Vlimmeren. On 1 January 2006 Beerse had a total population of 16,482. By the end of 2007, this number had risen to 16,757.[2] The total area is 37.48 km² (14.5 sq mi) which gives a population density of 447 inhabitants per km² (1239/sq mi). The pharmaceutical company Janssen Pharmaceutica, founded by Dr. Paul Janssen, has its headquarters in Beerse.
Beerse | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Beerse Location in Belgium
Location of Beerse in the province of Antwerp  | |
| Coordinates: 51°19′N 04°52′E | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Community | Flemish Community |
| Region | Flemish Region |
| Province | Antwerp |
| Arrondissement | Turnhout |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bart Craane (CDE-Vlim) |
| • Governing party/ies | CDE-Vlim, BEERSEplus |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.48 km2 (14.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 17,931 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Postal codes | 2340 |
| Area codes | 014, 03 |
| Website | www.beerse.be |
Industry
Several companies are located in Beerse, of which the most important are:
- Janssen Pharmaceutica (pharmaceuticals)
- Metallo-Chimique (metallurgy)
- Wienerberger Beerse (bricks)
- Glacio (ice cream)
- Aurora productions (paper and plastics)
Notable inhabitants
- Peter Evrard, singer
- René Verheyen, soccer player
- Patrick Vervoort, soccer player
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gollark: You can't actually do anything significant to them in most cases, and they monopolize vast amounts of people's attention and communication bandwidth.
gollark: Large-scale politics is *basically* (EDIT: mostly) a horrible infohazard pushed by organizations trying to maximize your engagement (which is often done by generating outrage at the Other Side) and the politicians trying to get you to use your small and indirected power to benefit them.
gollark: NOT ignoring them doesn't work well either.
gollark: I mean, local ones maybe not, you can actually affect those.
References
- "Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018". Statbel. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- Official website (in Dutch) - Statistics
External links
- Age distribution
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