Brecht, Belgium

Brecht is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Brecht proper, Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor and. In 2021, Brecht had a total population of 29,809. The total area is 90.84 km².
Brecht is a fast-growing municipality in the north of the Antwerp province, near the Dutch border. Noorderkempen, a railway station on the HSL 4, opened on 15 June 2009.

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Notable people

Jan van der Noot, writer and poet, born in Brecht
Leonard Lessius, moral theologian, born in Brecht
Walter Van Beirendonck, fashion designer and one of the Antwerp Six
Jean Kockerols, Roman Catholic bishop