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Herentals
Sign in to saveHerentals () is a municipality and city in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. In 2022, Herentals had a total population of 28,455. The total area is . Saint Waltrude is the patron saint of the city.
Key facts
- Belgium municipality.name
- Herentals
- Belgium municipality.type
- city
- Belgium municipality.picture
- P1020635 copyGrote Markt Herentals.jpg
- Belgium municipality.map
- Herentals Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
- Belgium municipality.map legend
- Location of Herentals in the province of Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arms
- Blason ville be Herentals.svg
- Belgium municipality.flag
- Herentals vlag.svg
- Belgium municipality.province
- Antwerp
- Belgium municipality.arrondissement
- Turnhout
- Belgium municipality.nis
- 13011
- Belgium municipality.mayor
- Jan Michielsen (CD&V) (acting)
- Belgium municipality.majority
- N-VA, CD&V
- Belgium municipality.postal codes
- 2200
- Belgium municipality.telephone area
- 014
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Belgian municipality with the title of city
- Demonym
- Herentalsenaar
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Turnhout
- Official language
- Dutch
- Population
- 28272
- Area
- 47.95
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Herenthout
- Official website
- www.herentals.be
- Image
- Lakenhal DSCF6789.jpg
- Dialing code
- 014
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Herentals
- topic's main category
- Category:Herentals
- Commons category
- Herentals
- twinned administrative body
- Alpen
- postal code
- 2200
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Herentals
- annual number of weddings
- 106
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +32 14 28 50 50
- contains settlement
- Morkhoven
- P13200
- future
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Highlights
- History
- 19th century
- Transport
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Herentals () is a municipality and city in the province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. In 2022, Herentals had a total population of 28,455. The total area is . Saint Waltrude is the patron saint of the city.
==Highlights== Herentals has some outstanding historical buildings, including the church and town hall; the town hall and its belfry is listed as one of the Belfries of Belgium and France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The old city gates, the Bovenpoort (Northern gate) and Zandpoort (Western gate) are still standing, while the Nederpoort and Koepoort were torn down a long time ago.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herentals” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
3 mapped locations