From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:20:41 +0000 (+0000) Subject: feat(en:Tessenderlo):Add article X-Git-Url: https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/BK-2020-09.git/commitdiff_plain/15705f28103034f0afa3810695b43702506787a8?ds=sidebyside feat(en:Tessenderlo):Add article --- diff --git a/en.wikipedia.org/Tessenderlo/article.txt b/en.wikipedia.org/Tessenderlo/article.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9da97aa --- /dev/null +++ b/en.wikipedia.org/Tessenderlo/article.txt @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +{{Expand Dutch|Tessenderlo|date=September 2022|topic=geo}} +{{Infobox Belgium municipality +|name = Tessenderlo +|picture = Tessenderlo train factory.JPG +|picture-legend = Chemical plant and rail yard in Tessenderlo +|map = Tessenderlo Limburg Belgium Map.svg +|map-legend = Location of Tessenderlo in Limburg +|arms = Blason Tessenderlo.svg +|flag = Tessenderlo vlag.svg +|region = {{BE-REG-FLE}} +|community = {{BE-NL}} +|province = {{BE-PROV-LI}} +|arrondissement = [[Arrondissement of Hasselt|Hasselt]] +|nis = 71057 +|pyramid-date= +|0-19= +|20-64= +|65= +|foreigners= +|foreigners-date= +|mayor = Karolien Eens ([[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]-SPiL) +|majority = [[Vooruit (political party)|Vooruit]]-SPiL, [[Christian Democratic and Flemish|CD&V]] +|postal-codes = 3980 +|telephone-area = 013 +|web = [http://www.tessenderlo.be/ www.tessenderlo.be] +|coordinates = {{coord|51|04|N|05|05|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}} +}} +'''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 km2 which gives a [[population density]] of 327 inhabitants per km2. The name ''Tessenderlo'' means "''(the open place in) the forest of the [[Toxandri|Taxandrians]]''". + +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. + +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.{{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 }} + +Tessenderlo is part of a small western zone of Limburg where the local dialect is not the [[Limburgian dialect]], but [[Brabantic]]. + +==Notable people== + +* [[Kate Ryan]], Belgian singer +* [[Chantal Calin]], Belgian singer +* [[Tia Hellebaut]], Olympic Champion 2008 Highjump +* [[Minus van Looi]], writer + +==References== +{{Reflist}} + +==External links== +* {{Commons category-inline}} +*[http://www.tessenderlo.be Official website] {{in lang|nl}} + +{{Geographic location +|Centre = Tessenderlo +|NE = [[Ham, Belgium|Ham]] +|E = [[Beringen, Belgium|Beringen]] +|S = [[Diest]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]]) +|SW = [[Scherpenheuvel-Zichem]] ([[Flemish Brabant|VBR]]) +|NW = [[Laakdal]] ([[Antwerp (province)|VAN]]) +}} +{{Municipalities in Limburg}} +{{Authority control}} + +[[Category:Municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]] + + +{{LimburgBE-geo-stub}}