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Brecht

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Brecht (highlighted) and its 8 neighbouring municipalities. Click any area to open it.

About Brecht

Brecht is a municipality in the province of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. On 1 January 2024 it had 30,610 inhabitants on an area of 91.4 km², a population density of 335 inhabitants per km². That is lower than the average of 669 per km² in Antwerp and close to the Belgian average of 384 per km².

By population, Brecht ranks 86th of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 10th of the 67 municipalities in Antwerp. By area it ranks 91st in Belgium.

The official language is Dutch.

Neighbouring municipalities

Brecht borders 8 municipalities:

Postcodes in Brecht

PostcodePlaces
2960Brecht, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor, Sint-Lenaarts

Distances from Brecht

Tokmmiles
Antwerp2012
Mechelen3623
Leuven5132
Brussels5434
Hasselt6842
Ghent6943
Bruges9961
Namur9961
Charleroi10364
Liège10364
Mons10867
Kortrijk11270
Ostend11974
Arlon202126

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Nearby municipalities

More about Brecht: Wikipedia.