Mortsel is a municipality and city in the Belgian province of Antwerp, lying close to the city of Antwerp. The municipality comprises only the city of Mortsel proper, with no further constituent towns. In 2024 it had a total population of 26,588 people on a total area of 7.78 square kilometres, which at 3,416 inhabitants per square kilometre makes it the most densely populated municipality in Flanders. It holds city status in Belgium under a law of 23 June 1999 that granted the title of city to the municipalities of Genk, Mortsel, Seraing and Waregem. The article also records a misguided bombardment of the town in 1943 and shows the identification of its victims. Administratively Mortsel belongs to the arrondissement of Antwerp, with postal code 2640 and the Belgian national statistical code 11029.
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1. Mortsel (Wikipedia)
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In 2024, Mortsel had a total population of 26,588 people
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The total area is 7.78 km².
Part Of: Belgium, Lead [part-of]
located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
On Continent: Europe, Lead, Belgium
located in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 4.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 4.25
51.25 4.25 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Mortsel - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2790676, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2790676, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
51.16697 4.45127 P PPL BE VLG VAN 11 11029 24525 19 Europe/Brussels
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