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As of 1 January 2024, the municipality had a population of 25,787 inhabitants. [2] The total area is 2.95 km 2 (1.14 sq mi), which gives a population density of 8,741/km 2 (22,640/sq mi). [2] The municipality is known for its calm and peaceful character. It is said that Berchem is a "village in the city".
Berchem (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ) is a southern district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium.Berchem is located along the old Grote Steenweg (Dutch for 'Big Paved Road') that has connected Brussels to Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of Deurne, Borgerhout, Wilrijk and Antwerp and the municipality of Mortsel.
In 1973, Gautier-van Berchem, who married the banker Bernard Gautier in 1966, donated the Villa Saladin-van Berchem to the Swiss Confederation. [28] Max van Berchem had inherited the estate with its surrounding park after the death of his mother in 1917, while the Château de Crans went to his older brother Paul and the Château des Bois to his ...
Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Berchem; French: Gare d'Anvers-Berchem) [a] is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865 [1] [2] and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium ...
Jacquet de Berchem (also known as Giachet(to) Berchem or Jakob van Berchem; c. 1505 – before 2 March 1567) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. He was famous in mid-16th-century Italy for his madrigals , approximately 200 of which were printed in Venice , some in multiple printings due to their considerable ...
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe railway station (French: Gare de Berchem-Sainte-Agathe) or Sint-Agatha-Berchem railway station (Dutch: Station Sint-Agatha-Berchem) [a] is a railway station in the municipality of Berchem-Sainte-Agathe in Brussels, Belgium.
Around the year 600, the Franks started colonizing the area near the local Saint-Bartholomew's Church, which was the highest point of Merksem at the time. In 750, the Scheldt river finally started settling itself into its current river bed, which resulted in parts of Merksem becoming peat bog (a type of wetland).