Antwerp District coincides with the old city of Antwerp. Since the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and contemporary city of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, in the
Flemish Region
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of
Belgium
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was
decentralized
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Conce ...
in 2000, this
district
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level of government steadily increased its administrative powers.
It comprises 22 neighbourhoods:
* Antwerpen Noord (with Stuivenberg, Seefhoek, Amandus-Atheneum, Chinatown)
* Brederode
*
Centraal Station (with Kievitwijk, Diamant, Statiekwartier, Joods Antwerpen)
*
Den Dam
* Eilandje
* Haringrode
* Harmonie
* Historisch Centrum
* Kiel
*
Linkeroever
Linkeroever (Literal translation: Left bank) is an area in the city of Antwerp, on the left bank of the Scheldt
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* Luchtbal-Rozemaai-Schoonbroek (with Luchtbal, Rozemaai, Schoonbroek)
* Markgrave
*
Meir
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* Middelheim
* Schipperskwartier
* Sint-Andries
* Stadspark
* Tentoonstellingswijk
* Theaterbuurt, also called Quartier Latin
* Universiteitswijk
*
Zurenborg
Zurenborg is an area in south-east Antwerp largely developed between 1894 and 1906 that features a high concentration of townhouses in Art Nouveau and other fin-de-siècle styles.Alex Elaut, ''Zurenborg Walk'', Antwerp: Toerisme Antwerpen, .d....
*
Zuid, also called Zuid - Museum
Districts of Antwerp
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