Puurs

Puurs is a former municipality positioned within the Belgian province of Antwerp. It is positioned within the Flemish Region. The municipality accommodates the cities of Breendonk, Liezele, Kalfort, Ruisbroek and Puurs proper. There is also the hamlet of Kalfort. On January 1, 2006, Puurs had a total population of 16,029. The total location is 33.Forty one km2 which gives a population density of 480 population in step with km². Puurs sits about five meters above suggest sea stage. Its geography suggests handiest minor elevation variations Puurs is in particular rural, with some low intensity industry development in the North alongside the N16 highway. However, due to its proximity to the towns of Antwerp and Brussels each inside a 25 km sixteen mi radius and its top notch accessibility,

Puurs is developing more and more into a residential town. Effective 1 January 2019, Puurs and Sint-Amands have been merged into the brand new municipality of Puurs-Sint-Amands. Signs of habitation dating lower back to the Iron Age, in addition to early Roman and Merovingian instances, have been discovered in Puurs. Arguably, the Benedictine abbeys of Saint-Cornelimunster of Aachen had been the lords of Puurs within the 10th century A.D. In 1278 the municipality turned into acquired by using the Abbey of Sint-Bernard's upon Scheldt, whose property it would remain till the give up of the 18th century.