Kontich

Kontich
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Kontich Location in Belgium
Location of Kontich in the province of Antwerp
Coordinates: 51°08′N 04°27′E / 51.133°N 4.450°ECoordinates: 51°08′N 04°27′E / 51.133°N 4.450°E
Country	Belgium
Community	Flemish Community
Region	Flemish Region
Province	Antwerp
Arrondissement	Antwerp
Government
• Mayor	Erik Jacobs (N-VA)
• Governing party/ies	N-VA, Dorpslijst Sander
Area
• Total	23.67 km^2 (9.14 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2013)[1]
• Total	20,739
• Density	880/km^2 (2,300/sq mi)
Postal codes	2550
Area codes	03, 015
Website	www.kontich.be

Kontich (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔntɪx], old spelling: Contich) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kontich proper and Waarloos. On December 31, 2010, Kontich had a total population of 20,584. The total area is 23.67 km³ which gives a population density of 866 inhabitants per km³.

Kontich exists of three parts: Kontich Centrum, Waarloos and Kontich Kazerne. Kontich Kazerne has a big industrial center and a train station on the line between Antwerp and Mechelen. The barracks (kazerne in Dutch) which gave the name to the settlement have closed however.

The Centrum part of Kontich has the town center.

The E19 highway between Antwerp and Brussels passes through Kontich.

"Kontich" comes from the Latin word condacum which means confluence of 2 streams.

Famous inhabitants

• Martinus Dom, first abbot of the Trappist abbey of Westmalle (1791-1873)

Gallery

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  Postcard picturing
  "Chaussée de Malines, Mechelsesteenweg"
  from around 1900

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  Municipal church Sint-Michiel in Waarloos

References

1. Population per municipality on 1 January 2013 (XLS; 607.5 KB)

External links

• Media related to Kontich at Wikimedia Commons
• (Dutch) Official website