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 (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /ˈʋɪləbruk/, old spelling: Willebroeck, also French: 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.
The city is subject of the song De Brug van Willebroek by Wannes Van de Velde.