Antwerp

Location o Antwerp in the Province o Antwerp

Antwerp (English: /ˈæntwɜrp/ ( listen); Dutch: Antwerpen, [ˈɑntˌʋɛrpə(n)] ( listen); French: Anvers, [ɑ̃vɛʁs]) is a ceety an municipality in Belgium an the caipital o the Antwerp province in Flanders. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 (1 Januar 2008) makin it the lairgest municipality in Belgium an Flanders in terms o its population. Its total aurie is 204.51 km2 (78.96 sq mi), givin a population density o 2,308 inhabitants per km². The metropolitan aurie, includin the ooter commuter zone, covers an aurie o 1,449 km2 (559 sq mi) with a total of 1,190,769 wi a total o 1,190,769 inhabitants as o 1 January 2008. The nickname o inhabitants o Antwerp is Sinjoren, efter the Spainyie wird señor, which means 'mister' or 'gent'. It refers tae the leadin Spainyie noble-men who ruled the ceety durin the 17t century.

Antwerp haes lang been an important ceety in the naitions o the Benelux baith economically an culturally, especially afore the Spanish Fury o the Dutch Revolt. It is locatit on the richt (eastren) bank o the river Scheldt, which is linked tae the North Sea bi the estuary Westerschelde. The ceety haes ane o the lairgest seaports in Europe

Internaitional relations

See also: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Belgium

Twin touns — sister ceeties

The follaein places are twin touns an sister ceeties tae Antwerp:

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1940 Mulhouse, Fraunce, 1954 Saunt Petersburg, Roushiea, 1958 Rostock, Germany,1963 Shanghai, Cheenae, 1984

Akhisar, Turkey, 1988 Haifa, Israel, 1995 Cape Toun, Sooth Africae, 1996 Barcelona, Spain, 1997 Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1998

Pairtnerships

Athin the context o development cooperation, Antwerp is an aa linked tae:

• Paramaribo, Suriname
• Durban, South Africa