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    Borgerhout (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɔrɣərˌɦʌut] ) is the smallest district of Antwerp, Belgium. As of 2021[update], the district houses 45,769 inhabitants...
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    The Battle of Borgerhout was a battle during the Eighty Years' War, of the Spanish Army of Flanders led by Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, upon a fortified...
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  • K. Tubantia Borgerhout V.K. is a Belgian association football club from the town of Borgerhout in the municipality of Antwerp. It was given the matricule...
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    school in Borgerhout, Antwerp. In 1957, the name of the society was changed to "Reuzegom", a reference to the reuzekes (little giants) in Borgerhout folklore...
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  • Xaverius College, in Borgerhout, near Antwerp, Belgium, is affiliated with the Jesuits in Flanders, the northern and western part of Belgium where Dutch...
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    Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Kuavita was born on 28 July 1999 in Borgerhout. His parents emigrated from Angola in 1994 during the Angolan Civil War...
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    special status of district. Antwerp Berchem Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo Borgerhout Deurne Ekeren Hoboken Merksem Wilrijk Most Belgian municipalities are...
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    government as an administrative simplification, the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem and Wilrijk were merged into the city...
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    Marxist background. D'Haese is also a member of the district council of Borgerhout and of the Belgian Senate. D'Haese obtained a master's degree in biology...
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    Kinema Roma, is an Art Deco cultural centre and performance venue in Borgerhout, Antwerp (Belgium). The building, designed by Alphonse Pauwels, was originally...
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    Benjamin Bouchouari (category People from Borgerhout)
    Saint-Étienne. Born in Belgium, he represents Morocco at youth level. Born in Borgerhout, Belgium, Benjamin began his career from the youth division of Fortuna...
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  • Athene (gamer) (category People from Borgerhout)
    events to raise money for charities such as Save the Children. Born in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium, Boumaaza was born to a Moroccan father and a Belgian...
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    Antwerp for several centuries; the town borders the districts of Deurne, Borgerhout, Wilrijk and Antwerp and the municipality of Mortsel. Berchem itself consists...
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    Elke Van den Brandt (born on February 21, 1980, in Borgerhout, Belgium) is a Belgian green politician and a member of Groen (the Green party). She has...
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    places in Antwerp Districts Antwerp Berchem Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo Borgerhout Deurne Ekeren Hoboken Merksem Wilrijk Neighbourhoods and villages Berendrecht...
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  • used due to the large impact of the illegal economy in the district of Borgerhout. The trade of this illegal economy has its origins in the Moroccan street...
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    places in Antwerp Districts Antwerp Berchem Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo Borgerhout Deurne Ekeren Hoboken Merksem Wilrijk Neighbourhoods and villages Berendrecht...
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    football at a young age in Antwerp for KVC Olympic Deurne and Tubantia Borgerhout; then he played for Beerschot. Later on, he moved to Anderlecht in 2012...
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    Geertruidenberg Leiden Delft Valkenburg Schoonhoven Gembloux Rijmenam Borgerhout Mechelen 1st Steenwijk Kollum Noordhorn Niezijl Lochem Lier Eindhoven...
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    Stan Ockers (category People from Borgerhout)
    Classic, a criterium in Antwerp: from 1963 A street, Stan Ockersstraat in Borgerhout, Antwerp Stanneke a song by Hugo Matthysen: 1990 Mémorial Stan Ockers...
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    De Vriendt) was born in Lier on 24 June 1829. He lived and worked in Borgerhout. He was educated (from 1847 to 1859) at the academies of Mechelen, where...
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    Jesus in 1845 and was rebuilt in the same style as Xaverius College in Borgerhout. As early as 1639, there was a Latin school in the area. This lasted until...
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    Szydlow, one of the rescued children of Meisjeshuis, with the head nurse during his period in hiding in the Sint-Erasmus hospital in Borgerhout, Antwerp....
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    van Dendermonde Ommegang van Lier Ommegang van Mechelen Reuzenstoet of Borgerhout The giant Ambiorix at the Ducasse d'Ath, Belgium Giants of Tournai, Belgium...
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  • Kerpen 7–15 January - Spain captures Kerpen from the Dutch. Battle of Borgerhout 7–15 January - Spain defeats the Union of Utrecht. Siege of Maastricht...
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  • Maria (Frans) Geerts (14 September 1869 in Antwerp – 30 June 1957 in Borgerhout) was a Belgian painter. Little is known about the life of Frans Geerts...
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    function again. The merger of Antwerp with the municipalities of Berchem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Hoboken, Ekeren, Merksem and Wilrijk in 1983 finally reduced...
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  • (aged 22) Izegem  Belgium Noah Kuavita (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 24) Borgerhout  Belgium Luka van den Keybus (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (aged 27) Lokeren...
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  • Antwerp Battle of Gembloux Battle of Rijmenam Siege of Deventer Battle of Borgerhout Siege of Maastricht Capture of Mechelen Siege of Steenwijk Battle of Kollum...
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    Lillo 1576–1579 Western Europe 1st Antwerp Gembloux Rijmenam 1st Deventer Borgerhout 1579–1588 Western Europe 1st Maastricht 2nd Mechelen Diest 1st Steenwijk...
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