Willebroek Explained

Willebroek
Picture-Legend:Willebroek town hall
Map:Willebroek Antwerp Belgium Map.svg
Map-Legend:Location of Willebroek in the province of Antwerp
Arms:Willebroek wapen1.svg
Flag:Flag of Willebroek.svg
Arrondissement:Mechelen
Nis:12040
Mayor:Eddy Bevers (N-VA)
Majority:N-VA, Groen, Open VLD
Postal-Codes:2830
Telephone-Area:03
Web:www.willebroek.be
Coordinates:51.0667°N 26°W

Willebroek (pronounced as /nl/, old spelling: Willebroeck, also fr|Willebrouck) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of, Heindonk,, Klein Willebroek, and Willebroek proper. In 2021, Willebroek had a total population of 27,081.[1] The total area is 27.41 km2.

Willebroek is linked to Brussels by the Willebroek Canal.

Willebroek is also home to the Kanaalfeesten, a yearly festival that takes place throughout the town which includes live concerts (mostly of local bands) and general festival attractions, like a mini roller coaster, a duck shoot, etc. At Klein-Willebroek the Harmonium Art museuM on pump organs is established in the former Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Its iconic bridge over the Willebroek Canal was infamous for the traffic jams it caused, even making it the subject of a song: De Brug van Willebroek by Wannes Van de Velde.

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  1. Web site: Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 12040 . Statistics Belgium . 10 May 2022 .