Kontich

infobox Belgium Municipality
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-AN
arrondissement=Antwerp
nis=11024
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mayor=Jef Van Linden (CD&V)
majority= CD&V, VLD
postal-codes=2550
telephone-area=03, 015
web= [http://www.kontich.be/ www.kontich.be]
lat_deg=51
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Kontich (old spelling: "Contich") is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kontich proper and Waarloos. On January 1 2006 Kontich had a total population of 20,239. The total area is 23.67 km² which gives a population density of 855 inhabitants per km².

Kontich exists of two parts: Kontich Centrum 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

Famous inhabitants

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

Kontich comes from the latin word condacum wich means merg of 2 streams

External links

* [http://www.kontich.be Official site]