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1 | {{Expand Dutch|Tessenderlo|date=September 2022|topic=geo}} |
| 2 | {{Infobox Belgium municipality | |
| 3 | |name = Tessenderlo | |
| 4 | |picture = Tessenderlo train factory.JPG | |
| 5 | |picture-legend = Chemical plant and rail yard in Tessenderlo | |
| 6 | |map = Tessenderlo Limburg Belgium Map.svg | |
| 7 | |map-legend = Location of Tessenderlo in Limburg | |
| 8 | |arms = Blason Tessenderlo.svg | |
| 9 | |flag = Tessenderlo vlag.svg | |
| 10 | |region = {{BE-REG-FLE}} | |
| 11 | |community = {{BE-NL}} | |
| 12 | |province = {{BE-PROV-LI}} | |
| 13 | |arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Hasselt|Hasselt]] | |
| 14 | |nis = 71057 | |
| 15 | |pyramid-date= | |
| 16 | |0-19= | |
| 17 | |20-64= | |
| 18 | |65= | |
| 19 | |foreigners= | |
| 20 | |foreigners-date= | |
| 21 | |mayor = Karolien Eens ([[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]-SPiL) | |
| 22 | |majority = [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]-SPiL, [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]] | |
| 23 | |postal-codes = 3980 | |
| 24 | |telephone-area = 013 | |
| 25 | |web = [http://www.tessenderlo.be/ www.tessenderlo.be] | |
| 26 | |coordinates = {{coord|51|04|N|05|05|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} | |
| 27 | }} | |
| 28 | '''Tessenderlo''' ({{IPA-nl|təˈsɛndərˌloː}}; {{lang-li|Loei}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg, [[Flemish Brabant]] and [[Antwerp (province)|Antwerp]] meet at the front gate of the [[Averbode Abbey]]. The municipality Tessenderlo encompasses the villages of Tessenderlo proper, [[Schoot (Tessenderlo)|Schoot]], [[Engsbergen]], [[Hulst, Belgium|Hulst]] and [[Berg (Tessenderlo)|Berg]]. On January 1, 2006, Tessenderlo had a total population of 16,811. The total area is 51.35 km<sup>2</sup> which gives a [[population density]] of 327 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>. The name ''Tessenderlo'' means "''(the open place in) the forest of the [[Toxandri|Taxandrians]]''". | |
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| 30 | It is along the [[Albert Canal]] and the [[European route E313]], the highway between [[Antwerp]] and [[Liège]], one of the reasons it was the place for the first Belgian "Industrial Zone of National Importance" in the 1960s. | |
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| 32 | Tessenderlo was the scene of an infamous industrial disaster during World War II, when a stock of 150 tonnes of [[ammonium nitrate]] at the chemical plant of ''Produits Chimiques de Tessenderloo'' (now [[Tessenderlo Group]]) - located near the centre of town - exploded on April 29, 1942, killing 189 people at the plant and in the town.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goeman |first=Thierry |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170428_02856646 |title=Vergeten ramp van Tessenderlo kostte 75 jaar geleden aan 190 mensen het leven |language=Dutch |trans-title=Forgotten Tessenderlo disaster 75 years ago killed 190 people |work=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |publisher=[[Mediahuis]] |date=2017-04-29 |accessdate=2019-02-04 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170429160738/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170428_02856646 |archive-date=2017-04-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |
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| 34 | Tessenderlo is part of a small western zone of Limburg where the local dialect is not the [[Limburgian dialect]], but [[Brabantic]]. | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | ==Notable people== | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | * [[Kate Ryan]], Belgian singer | |
| 39 | * [[Chantal Calin]], Belgian singer | |
| 40 | * [[Tia Hellebaut]], Olympic Champion 2008 Highjump | |
| 41 | * [[Minus van Looi]], writer | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | ==References== | |
| 44 | {{Reflist}} | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | ==External links== | |
| 47 | * {{Commons category-inline}} | |
| 48 | *[http://www.tessenderlo.be Official website] {{in lang|nl}} | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | {{Geographic location | |
| 51 | |Centre = Tessenderlo | |
| 52 | |NE = [[Ham, Belgium|Ham]] | |
| 53 | |E = [[Beringen, Belgium|Beringen]] | |
| 54 | |S = [[Diest]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]]) | |
| 55 | |SW = [[Scherpenheuvel-Zichem]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]]) | |
| 56 | |NW = [[Laakdal]] ([[Antwerp (province)|VAN]]) | |
| 57 | }} | |
| 58 | {{Municipalities in Limburg}} | |
| 59 | {{Authority control}} | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | [[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]] | |
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| 63 | ||
| 64 | {{LimburgBE-geo-stub}} |