Lint, Antwerp
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Lint is a municipality located in the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 province
Communities, regions and provinces of Belgium
Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities, three regions, and four language areas. For each of these subdivision types, the sum of their circumscribed surfaces composes the entire country; in other words, the types overlap....

 of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Lint proper. On January 1, 2006, Lint had a total population of 7,977. The total area is 5.57 km² which gives a population density of 1,431 inhabitants per km². The headquarters of Alfacam founded by Gabriel Fehervari
Gabriel Fehervari
Gabriel Fehervari is a Belgian businessman and CEO of the Alfacam Group, which consists of three divisions: Alfacam, Euro1080 and Eurolinx. He is the son of Hungarian immigrants...

 are located in Lint.

Famous inhabitants

  • Raf Van Brussel, Singer, former Sunny Side Up
  • Dirk Sterckx
    Dirk Sterckx
    Dirk Jozef Maria Sterckx , born on 25 September 1946 in Herent,is a Belgian politician andMember of the European Parliament for Flanderswith the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten,...

    , Member of the European Parliament
    Member of the European Parliament
    A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...

     (VLD
    Flemish Liberals and Democrats
    ' , commonly known as Open VLD and also simply as the VLD, is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium, created in 1992 from the former Party for Freedom and Progress and a few other politicians from other parties. The party led the government for three cabinets under Guy Verhofstadt from 1999...

    )
  • Yossi Zimilover, Member of Belgium Choir
  • Nico Van Kerkhoven, Football player, former in Belgian National Team
  • Lea Couzin, Actress, title part in "Merlina"

External links

  • Official website - Available only in Dutch
    Dutch language
    Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

    Official website
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