Vosselaar

Vosselaar

Infobox Belgium Municipality
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region=BE-REG-FLE
community=BE-NL
province=BE-PROV-AN
arrondissement=Turnhout
nis=13046
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mayor=Josee Heykants-Janssens (CD&V)
majority=CD&V
postal-codes=2350
telephone-area=014
web= [http://www.vosselaar.be www.vosselaar.be]
lat_deg=51
lat_min=19
lon_deg=04
lon_min=53

Vosselaar is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Vosselaar proper. On January 1 2006 Vosselaar had a total population of 10,142. The total area is 11.85 km² which gives a population density of 856 inhabitants per km².

There are 3 parishes : "Heieinde", Vosselaar "Dorp" and 't Looy. 't Looy is an upmarket residential area in the woods with a wide variety of large villas and landhouses. In this part of Vosselaar a large number of Dutch people have settled down, not only Vosselaar is close to the Dutch border but Dutch people are also fleeing high taxes and strict building regulations in The Netherlands. Houses here are easily priced 750.000 € and over.

Notable inhabitants

* Ajit Shetty, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Janssen Pharmaceutica
* Paul Janssen, Founder and former CEO of Janssen Pharmaceutica
* Piet Roelen, Manager of diverse Belgian singers (eg. Helmut Lotti)


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