Berendrecht
Berendrecht | ||
|---|---|---|
Neighbourhood | ||
Municipality Antwerp | | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi) | |
| Population (2021)[1] | ||
| • Total | 6,059 | |
| • Density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET | |
Berendrecht (Dutch pronunciation: dike of the bear", according to the area's dialect, or "dike of a man called Bear", or "passage by the marsh". But drecht or tricht means "ferry" or "crossing" (from Latin trajectus), and ber or bere in Indo-European means "dam", "defence against water" (compare Slavic East Germany): the resulting meaning is "river crossing at a dam".
The
lock, giving entrance to the Port of Antwerp
.
History
Berendrecht is an old parish which was already referred to in 1184 and in 1212 as a property of
landscape was mainly expropriated for the port extension.References
- ^ a b "Bevolking per statistische sector - Sector 11002L1". Statistics Belgium. Retrieved 12 May 2022.